Local officials said superstitious elders in the municipality believed the suspects were possessed by evil spirits. They had been subjected to rituals by a local shaman, investigators said.
Superstitions are strictly forbidden in Islam.
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Anwar Emblawa, an incumbent municipal councilor from the nearby Datu Abdullah Sangki town, which is adjacent to Ampatuan, said the suspects are identified with a clan in Barangay Dasikil, also in Ampatuan, which is known in an old folklore for its being a 'haven' of ghouls.
“There is an old story about a curse and these three men, according to local folks, belong to a family from a cursed ancestry, from where came these ghouls. For me, being a Muslim that is superstition and I don’t believe in that,” said Emblawa, who is related to most datus and traditional community leaders in Ampatuan.
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