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<h1><span style="font-size:x-large;">Horror!<br />
<span style="font-weight:normal;"><i><span style="color:red;">Woman in Kenya, Irene Mbithe arrested after her aunt saw the gruesome scene<br />
Pictured sitting with the corpse in her lap, wrapped up in a sheet<br />
Cut out her son&#8217;s tongue and intestines to &#8216;free him from demons</span></i></span></span></h1>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-size:large;">A Kenyan woman has been arrested after allegedly killing her six-month son by ripping out his tongue and intestines in an exorcism attempt gone wrong. </span></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-size:large;">Irene Mbithe was pictured sitting with the baby&#8217;s corpse on her lap, wrapped up in a sheet, in front of her house in Kangurue slum, Nairobi, where the tragedy occurred.</span></span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><b>Irene Mbithe was pictured sitting with the baby&#8217;s corpse on her lap, wrapped up in a sheet, in front of her house in Kangurue slum, Nairobi, where the tragedy occurred</b><br />
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<div class="imageCaption"><b>Residents raised alarm and called police after Irene&#8217;s aunt, Catherine Muthama, arrived at the house and saw the gruesome scene</b></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><b>It is believed that the woman cut out her son&#8217;s tongue and scooped out his intestines in an attempt to &#8216;free him&#8217; from the demons</b></div>
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<p><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:1.2em;">Residents raised alarm and called police after Irene&#8217;s aunt, Catherine Muthama, arrived at the house and saw the gruesome scene.</span></span></span></p>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8216;When I arrived I was surprised to see the mother having pulled out the tongue of the baby and I screamed at her asking why she had killed him,&#8217; she said on K24 television. </span></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:small;">It is believed that the woman cut out her son&#8217;s tongue and scooped out his intestines in an </span><span style="font-size:small;">attempt to &#8216;free him&#8217; from the demons. Neighbors said the exorcism lasted all night.</span></span></p>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:small;">The mother, who looked remorseful yet confused, said she meant no harm to him: &#8216;God punish me if I have done anything wrong to my son who I love so much and have prayed for years to conceive and give birth to.&#8217;</span></span></div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:small;">Police took Mbithe for questioning at the Kayole Police station while the body of the baby was taken to the mortuary.</span></span></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><b>The mother, who looked remorseful yet confused, said she meant no harm to him: &#8216;God punish me if I have done anything wrong to my son who I love so much and have prayed for years to conceive and give birth to.&#8217;</b></div>
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<div class="imageCaption"><b>Residents of the Nairobi slum gathered to the scene as police arrived to arrest the woman </b></div>
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