Al-Qaeda beheads witch in Yemen

By Fatik al-Rodaini

SANA'A, April 11, 2012- The head of woman was found on Wednesday at dawn in Rada'a city of Al-Bayda province. Local residents in Rada'a city reported that the woman, Al-Sharefa Amer, who worked as a awich had been slain by Al-Qaeda militants.

Residents said that they found her head hanging on the wall of a cemetery near the house of another sorceress in the same area.

 No more details were reported.

Witchcraft and sorcery are punishable by death in strict interpretations of Islamic law – image supplied.