Oh lordy - I cannot believe what I've just read. Chheng Chhorn, 46, and Srun Yoeung, 37, attacked their 12-year-old child before dawn on Thursday while she was still asleep, biting off her thumb nails and a small part of her nose to drink her blood, said Keo Norea Phy, a police official in Kampong Cham province where the incident occurred. Neighbors rushed to the couple's house and rescued the girl after hearing her screams, he said. After treatment at a hospital in Kampong Cham, about 50 miles east of Phom Penh, the girl was placed in the custody of other villagers. Relatives had taken her parents to a black magic healer to chase away the evil spirit that was believed to have possessed them, the police official said.
Good God!
I understand that some cultures are so steeped in mysticism that people half live in the real world, and have in the spirit. But to injure your own child? The girl is 12. TWELVE. Even if you're blase about possession, surely something that causes you to mutilate your own child isn't good?
Horrifying, that's the word I'd use :o
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