Exorcism gone wrong - Palestinian man dies after being beaten by 'healers' - Middle East - Jerusalem Post

Physically assaulting a mentally ill man?  How is that going to help?

According to AFP, Ashraf Mashaal was suffering from various psychiatric deficiencies which prompted his parents to solicit the services of two "sorcerers."

Mashaal, a 19-year-old college student who was enrolled at Hebron University, was subjected to an "exorcism" performed by the two healers, a man and a woman.

During the ritual, the two healers began physically assaulting Mashaal as a way to supposedly exorcise demons within him, police sources told local media. The man's father and brother joined the healers in the assault.

Exorcism gone wrong - Palestinian man dies after being beaten by 'healers' - Middle East - Jerusalem Post