$160 000 paid 'to lift curse'
2006-04-16 15:57
Moscow - Russian police are looking for
two mystics who persuaded a student to part with more than
$160 000 in exchange for lifting a curse, RIA news agency
reported on Sunday.
"Two unknown women, on the pretext of lifting a curse, stole
$150 000 and some jewellery by means of deception.
The total
amount stolen is estimated at 4.48 million roubles ($161 800),"
the agency quoted a police source as saying.
The victim is a female student at Moscow's elite State
Institute for International Affairs, RIA said.
Many Russians are
highly superstitious.
They spend huge sums each year on faith
healers and alternative medicine.
- Reuters