SYDNEY (AFP) – A Papua New Guinea
man described as a vampire has been
arrested after allegedly murdering his
young daughter by biting her neck,
eating her flesh and drinking her blood,
a report said Friday.
Police called the grisly incident that
occurred on Wednesday at a settlement
near Lae "an act of cannibalism".
The PNG Post Courier cited local
councillor John Kenny, who was one of
the first on the scene, as saying the
three-year-old child and her mother
were visiting the father when he
grabbed the girl and ran off into nearby
bushes.
Kenny said the man allegedly held the
toddler close to him, bit deep into her
neck, ate the flesh and sucked her
blood.
Two boys who were climbing a coconut
tree nearby saw him and ran quickly to
raise the alarm.
"He was just laughing at the boys and
continued eating the flesh and sucking
the blood," Kenny told the newspaper.
"The boys were scared and ran quickly
to alert the people."
When people arrived to investigate the
man reportedly dumped the body in the
bushes and ran away before being
caught and turned over to police.
PNG is a sprawling nation where black
magic, sorcery and cannibalism
sometimes occur.
Last year police arrested dozens of
people linked to an alleged cannibal
cult accused of killing at least seven
people, eating their brains raw and
making soup from their penises.
There have been several other recent
cases linked to cults, witchcraft and
cannibalism, with a man in 2011
reportedly found eating his screaming,
newborn son during a sorcery initiation
ceremony.
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