All those found guilty of witchcraft in Scotland by law had to be executed. This was most commonly done by strangling the alleged witch, and then burning their body. Destroying a witches body made ...

Political motivations also contributed to the burning of women. In some cases, accusations of witchcraft or heresy were used ...

Some sources tell of accusations but no outcomes. The most common punishments were obviously strangulation followed by burning and, for the less serious offences, banishment. In one case Isobel ...

A 62-year-old Adivasi woman in Assam was critically injured after being assaulted by a mob on suspicion of witchcraft, highlighting the ongoing issue of witch hunting in the region.

The opinion said that in opening statements, Assistant District Attorney Cosme Ripol "repeatedly accuses (Lensegrav) of witchcraft ... "including burning, burial, exhumation, decapitation ...

A report by Swaziland News explained that a baboon, in Siswati and the African culture, is used to commit witchcraft acts ... with metal wire and a tyre and burning him to death, while at a ...