Another day, another death

DPA reports:

Phnom Penh - A Cambodian man has been charged with murdering his own father after becoming ‘embarrassed’ by village gossip that the man was a sorcerer, police said Thursday.

Penal police chief in the central province of Kampong Chhnang, Chim Bunthueon, said Tong Syleina, 20, attacked his father, Khat Tongly, 56, on Monday, hacking him to death with a machete.

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‘He admitted that he did the murder because he felt ashamed and embarrassed about village gossip that his father was a sorcerer. The villagers insulted his family with this talk and called him son of sorcerer and witch boy,’ Bunthueon said.