{"id":197578,"date":"2023-11-09T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T13:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=197578"},"modified":"2023-11-09T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T13:33:02","slug":"man-dies-after-testing-talisman-supposed-to-protect-him-from-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/man-dies-after-testing-talisman-supposed-to-protect-him-from-bullets\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Dies After Testing Talisman Supposed to Protect Him from Bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:279\"><span class=\"animating\">A 43-year-old Nigerian man has died after being shot in the forest while testing a medicinal talisman given to him by a witch doctor.<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> The man,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> identified as Mohammed Ali,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> was reportedly told by the witch doctor that the talisman had the power to prevent bullets from harming him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:226\"><span class=\"animating\">Ali,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> along with four other men,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> went to the Damaiwa bush to test the talisman&#8217;s effectiveness.<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> However,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> when one of the men fired a locally made rifle,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> the bullet penetrated the talisman and struck Ali,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> causing fatal injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:14\"><span class=\"animating\">Ali was rushed to the hospital,<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> but he was pronounced dead on arrival.<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> The police have arrested two suspects in connection with the incident and are searching for two others who are on the run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:251\"><span class=\"animating\">This incident serves as a reminder of the dangers of superstition and relying on unproven methods for protection.<\/span><span class=\"animating\"> It is important to seek medical attention for any serious injuries and to avoid engaging in activities that could put one&#8217;s life at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 43-year-old Nigerian man has died after being shot in the forest while testing a medicinal talisman given to him by a witch doctor. The man, identified as Mohammed Ali, was reportedly told by the witch doctor that the talisman had the power to prevent bullets from harming him. Ali, along with four other men, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6069,"featured_media":87449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[138860],"class_list":["post-197578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-nigerian-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197605,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197578\/revisions\/197605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}