247 NAIJA GOSSIP at 1:30 AM Teen girl beheads father with bush knife after he rapes her
Teenage girl beheaded her father with a bush knife
after he raped her at their home in Papua New
Guinea, a report said Monday, with community
leaders protecting her, saying the man deserved to
die.
The Post-Courier newspaper said the 18-year-old
chopped her father's head clean off after he
repeatedly raped her last Tuesday night in their
village in the poverty-stricken Pacific nation's
Western Highlands.
The report cited a pastor as saying the father, in
his mid-40s, had three other children and raped
his daughter when they were alone in the house
after the mother and the other siblings visited
relatives.
Pastor Lucas Kumi said the man went to his
daughter's room in the night and raped her
repeatedly.
"The father wanted to rape his daughter again in
the morning inside the house and that was when
the young girl picked up the bush knife and
chopped her father's head off," he said.
Community leaders are now refusing to hand the
girl over to police, vowing to protect her.
"The people and leaders in our area went and saw
the headless body of the father after the girl
reported the incident to the leaders and the people
and told her story of why she had killed her
father," said Kumi.
"The daughter did what she did because of the
trauma and the evil actions of her father so that is
why we have all agreed that she remains in the
community."
Violent crime, as well as witchcraft, is rife in Papua
New Guinea with the government last month
voting to revive the death penalty in a bid to deter
offenders after a series of high-profile grisly
incidents.
Brutality against women, including domestic
violence and rape, is also endemic in the country.
Over the weekend, the Post-Courier reported that
child prostitution is on the rise, particularly in the
capital Port Moresby where many new nightclubs
have sprung up, with young girls increasingly
being forced into the sex trade.
Some are being pushed into selling themselves by
their parents to help them cope with rising costs of
living, it said, citing non-government
organisations.
"Child prostitution is an issue so hidden from our
public consciousness that the mere mention of it
results in shock and denial," said one NGO.
"It's true, and it's here so we have to face it."
after he raped her at their home in Papua New
Guinea, a report said Monday, with community
leaders protecting her, saying the man deserved to
die.
The Post-Courier newspaper said the 18-year-old
chopped her father's head clean off after he
repeatedly raped her last Tuesday night in their
village in the poverty-stricken Pacific nation's
Western Highlands.
The report cited a pastor as saying the father, in
his mid-40s, had three other children and raped
his daughter when they were alone in the house
after the mother and the other siblings visited
relatives.
Pastor Lucas Kumi said the man went to his
daughter's room in the night and raped her
repeatedly.
"The father wanted to rape his daughter again in
the morning inside the house and that was when
the young girl picked up the bush knife and
chopped her father's head off," he said.
Community leaders are now refusing to hand the
girl over to police, vowing to protect her.
"The people and leaders in our area went and saw
the headless body of the father after the girl
reported the incident to the leaders and the people
and told her story of why she had killed her
father," said Kumi.
"The daughter did what she did because of the
trauma and the evil actions of her father so that is
why we have all agreed that she remains in the
community."
Violent crime, as well as witchcraft, is rife in Papua
New Guinea with the government last month
voting to revive the death penalty in a bid to deter
offenders after a series of high-profile grisly
incidents.
Brutality against women, including domestic
violence and rape, is also endemic in the country.
Over the weekend, the Post-Courier reported that
child prostitution is on the rise, particularly in the
capital Port Moresby where many new nightclubs
have sprung up, with young girls increasingly
being forced into the sex trade.
Some are being pushed into selling themselves by
their parents to help them cope with rising costs of
living, it said, citing non-government
organisations.
"Child prostitution is an issue so hidden from our
public consciousness that the mere mention of it
results in shock and denial," said one NGO.
"It's true, and it's here so we have to face it."
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