Fiji police say teens dug up grave for witchcraft
The dead man's brother alerted police in the town of Savusavu to the incident this week.
SUVA: Fijian authorities claim two teens dug up a grave, stole a skull and hid it as part of a plan to practice witchcraft.
The teens, aged 17 and 19, were due to appear in court Tuesday charged with unlawfully disturbing a grave and "pretending to exercise witchcraft."
A statement from the Fiji Police claims that last November the unnamed teens dug up the grave of a 60-year-old man who had died four years earlier and then hid the skull under a tree about a mile away.
The Fiji Times newspaper reported the dead man s brother alerted police in the town of Savusavu to the incident this week. The Times said the charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in jail.
A police spokeswoman couldn t be reached for comment Tuesday.
