The Brick Directory Blog

The Brick Directory Blog. Articles mentioning 'bricks' - brick making, Articles and Words taken from news agencies and newspapers, magazines and books about brick and other building materials including reference ('how to') and sometimes amusing 'brick related' stories. The blog is linked with www.brickdirectory.co.uk helping you get in contact with every brick, paver, tile and stone manufacturer in the UK and Ireland.

Wednesday 21 April 2010

Bangladesh Brickmaker Beheaded to Redden Bricks

Fortune teller calls for human sacrifice

By Mary Papenfuss
Posted Mar 22, 2010 10 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) – A Bangladeshi man was beheaded in a bizarre ritual to improve a local brick business. When owners became concerned that bricks in a northern village were losing their sought-after reddish hue, a fortune teller encouraged a human sacrifice. Four laborers, following owners' orders, killed a 26-year-old fellow worker and baked his head in a kiln in an effort to redden the bricks. The workers have been busted and police are searching for the owners and fortune teller, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Posted by at
Labels:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)