Panama City

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The bodies of seven people in The Grave been found in a mass in an Indigenous region of Panama, where The Members of a sect were believed to be performing exorcisms, officials say.

among The Victims were a pregnant woman, 32, and her five children at the age from one to 11. The Sixth was a neighbor, 17.

fifteen other persons were exempted.

Ten people were arrested on suspicion of murder. The alleged perpetrators and all The Victims were believed to be the Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous community.

The Grave was discovered after three villagers escaped and made their way to a local hospital last weekend, the state's attorney Rafael Baloyes said. They alerted authorities is kept to several families, an Indigenous -run-sect.

On Wednesday, the police raided the community, in a jungle region in North-Western Panama, some 250 km (155 miles) from the capital, Panama City .

"you were at a ritual in the interior of the structure. In this ritual, it was the people, instead of against their will, is being abused," said Mr Baloyes. "All these rites were not to kill you, if you repent for your Sins ".

The suspect and the victim were probably the Ngäbe include-Buglé Indigenous community paramedics evacuate one of the 15 people that were rescued

In the temporary Church, which found officers, a naked woman, machetes, knives, and a ritually sacrificed goat, Mr Baloyes said. The Site was controlled from a sect called the New light of God, believed, and worked in the region for about three months.

According to Mr Baloyes in the kidnapping and torture last Saturday started to have after one of The Members claimed to have received "a message from God". The Victims were then sold kidnapped from their homes, beaten, and killed.

The Suspects , who are minors, are expected to appear in court on Friday or Saturday. One of them is The Father of the pregnant woman, found in the tomb, the Hotel is about 2km from the temporary Church.

This had saved, physical injuries and reports of at least two pregnant women and a few children included.

What exorcism is?

exorcism is a religious or spiritual ritual, to heal, allegedly, people from Demonic Possession . It remains controversial due to its depiction in popular culture and horror movies.

In, Helen Hall, a lecturer at the Nottingham Law School, says that The Practice "means the liberation of a place, person or object of some form of negative spiritual influence."

beliefs and rituals, which are in a similar description "in almost all cultures and religious traditions," writes Ms hall, who is also an Anglican priest.

exorcism, with the meaning "oath" in Greek, is still widely practiced today, and is particularly common in Christian and Islamic settings. It is "proven ", Francis Young writes in A history of exorcism in the Catholic Christianity.

In 2018 around 250 priests from 50 countries came in increasing demand for exorcisms include some of The World 's Catholic communities.

In the Catholic Church , exorcism trained priests recite prayers and extracts from The Bible are carried out to expel demonic beings.

Catholic Online says, how The Priest the sign of The Cross traced over them and squirts them with Holy Water .

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Source of news: bbc.com