Teen girl dies in Japan water exorcism

Teen girl dies in Japan water exorcism

It was in this room that the water exorcism was performed

A 13-year-old girl suffocated after she was strapped down and doused with water by her father and a monk who were trying to expel an 'evil spirit', reports AFP, quotingJapanese police and local media.

The two men, 56-year-old monk Kazuaki Kinoshita and the girl's 50-year-old father Atsushi Maishigi, were arrested on charges of inflicting injury resulting in the death of Tomomi Maishigi in Kumamoto in the country's south.

"The two are suspected of having conspired in what they call 'waterfall service' ... They allegedly strapped the victim to a chair with belts and doused her face with water," on the night of Aug 27, a local police spokesman said Tuesday.

She was confirmed dead early the next day when her mother called an ambulance after the girl fell unconscious.

Source: Agencies
Published Sept 28 2011