Strange Deaths of 1996.
Strange Deaths of 1996.
November
Four Mexican women taking part in a witchcraft ceremony suffocated as they prepared a
concoction of ammonia and smouldering herbs to drive away evil spirits in Mexico City on 14
November 1996. Three of the women were found dead of asphyxiation, the fourth died later in
hospital. Philadelphia Inquirer - 16 November 1996
December
Egyptian farm worker Susu Borai Mohammad, 22, accidently swallored some ants when she took a
swig of water. She went home and swallored some insecticide to kill the ants, but suffered
diarrhoea and convulsions and died immediately after being taken to hospital in the Qena
district of Cairo. Daily record - 30 September; Middle East Times -
December 1996
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