7 killed, 14 tortured in suspected exorcism in Panama to make them 'repent their sins'
World | Jan 17, 2020, 02:20 PM ISTSeven people were killed in a bizarre religious ritual in a jungle community in Panama, in which indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 lay preachers and tortured, beaten, burned and hacked with machetes to make them “repent their sins,” authorities said Thursday.