{"id":5746,"date":"2021-03-02T11:21:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T11:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2021-03-02T11:21:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T11:21:05","slug":"9-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/03\/02\/9-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"9-year-old girl dies after being caned during &#8220;exorcism&#8221; in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Sri Lanka said Monday they have arrested two people in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl who was repeatedly beaten during a ritual they believed would drive away an evil spirit.<\/p>\n<p>The two suspects \u2014 the woman performing the exorcism and the girl&#8217;s mother \u2014 were to appear in court Monday to hear charges over the girl&#8217;s death, which occurred over the weekend in Delgoda, a small town about 25 miles northeast of the capital, Colombo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5750\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Girl-9-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-SriLanka-rapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"Girl-9-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-SriLanka-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Girl-9-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-SriLanka-rapidnews.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Girl-9-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-SriLanka-rapidnews-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Girl-9-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-SriLanka-rapidnews-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Girl-9-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-SriLanka-rapidnews-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Girl-9-dies-after-being-caned-during-exorcism-in-SriLanka-rapidnews-675x450.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to police spokesperson Ajith Rohana, the mother believed her daughter had been possessed by a demon and took her to the home of the exorcist so a ritual could be performed to drive the spirit away.<\/p>\n<p>Rohana said the exorcist first put oil on the girl and then began to repeatedly hit her with a cane. 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An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The woman who performed the ritual on the girl was known in the area for offering such services in recent months and police were investigating whether anyone else had been abused, Rohana said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\" data-page=\"1\" data-page-hidden=\"0\" data-use-autolinker=\"true\">Rohana urged the public to be careful about such services as the girl was not the first to die during such a ritual.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Sri Lanka said Monday they have arrested two people in connection with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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