Witchdoctor ‘truth potion’ kills Kenyan school driver
He had to prove he had not stolen books
Nairobi: A Kenyan school bus driver died after drinking a potion brewed by a ‘witchdoctor’ to prove he had not stolen books, sparking angry protests from villagers, a report said Tuesday.
The school directors in a village in Kenya’s southwestern Kisii district hired a witchdoctor to seek out the thief of school books, with the driver volunteering to drink a potion to prove he was innocent.
“The driver was dared... to prove his innocence by drinking the mixture,” local police chief Simon Kiragu told Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper.
“The 33-year old collapsed and died immediately after the drink.”
Furious villagers then took revenge on school leaders by torching the school bus and the deputy director’s house.
![The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday in Kampani Zurak community, located in the Wase area of Plateau state. [Illustrative image]](http://media.assettype.com/gulfnews%2Fimport%2F2022%2F12%2F13%2FSTOCK-ambulance_1850a298a2c_large.jpg?w=320&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
