Myanmar sentences 'exorcist' to death for child murder

Tun Naing (L) previously told reporters he had been possessed by a 'dark spirit' when he attacked the children.

Yangon (AFP) - A self-proclaimed sorcerer was sentenced to death by a Yangon court on Tuesday for killing three children in an exorcism ritual he believed would banish evil spirits that possessed them.

Black magic practitioner Tun Naing was convicted of beating to death two toddlers and an eight-month-old baby late last year in a tiny village outside Myanmar's commercial capital.