Rio De Janeiro, Dec 23: A two-year-old Brazilian boy pierced with dozens of sewing needles by his black-magic believing stepfather is to be operated again today to remove some of the slivers, doctors said.
“The operation is confirmed for Wednesday morning at 8:00 am (1000 GMT),” said a statement yesterday from the hospital in Salvador de Bahia, where the boy is being treated.
The needles are to be extracted from the bladder and intestines of the boy, who could not be named because of his young age.
The stepfather, Roberto Carlos Magalhaes,a 30-year-old bricklayer, has confessed to driving the needles into the boy one by one, over a month, as part of a black magic ritual designed to exact revenge on his wife.
–Agencies