The girl, believed to be five years old, had accompanied her father to Tukusanda village when rumours of sorcery or sanguma spread because the girl's mother was the late Leniata Kepari, who was accused of practicing sorcery and burnt alive in 20-13 in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands Province.
Enga's Acting Provincial Police Commander, Epenes Nili said when the villagers learnt that she was Leniata's daughter; they assumed she also possessed the sanguma spirit.
