A Cambodian man was beaten and stoned to death by a mob of about 600 people after they accused him of sorcery, according to reports.
Pov Sovann, 36, was accused by villagers of killing several elderly people over the past two years through sorcery, police have said.
He was killed during a six hour attack as a group, initially of about 200, in a village in the Bati district of Takeo Province, southern Cambodia, was joined by hundreds of others from nearby areas.
A 36-year-old man in Cambodia was stoned and
beaten to death by a mob of about 600 people after he was accused of
sorcery (file picture)
Officers have said they were unable to stop the mob as they attacked the man, The Cambodia Daily has reported.
Police believe the death of a 54-year-old woman sparked the attack.
Bati district penal police Khut Lo told the paper: 'My police could not do anything because there were many people who carried stones and clubs and were very violent.'
District police chief Ngann Sary said an ambulance was also forced to turn back by the mob.
He said villagers believed seven people, mostly believed to be elderly, had died without being diagnosed with any diseases, over the last two years.
He said villagers blamed Mr Sovann, who had practised traditional healing for a number of years.
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