Two attempts on fortune tellers committed in Dagestan

On the evening of December 10, two masked armed men broke into the house of a 44-year-old resident of Khasavyurt, whose wife is engaged in fortune-telling. One of the criminals said that fortune-telling deserves death, after which he shot the woman 8 times. The victim was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

On the same day, in the village of Endireyaul, Khasavyurt district, two masked men entered the house of a 49-year-old fortune teller. They declared that divination deserved death and shot the woman. She died on the spot from her injuries.

Sources

• In Dagestan, two attempts were made on fortune-tellers // Interfax-religion. 2007. December 11.