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Mysterious Pekanbaru Seizures Kill Two
Budi Otmansyah | February 14, 2010

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Police are investigating a mass violent seizure that left two dead over the weekend at a clinic in Pekanbaru, Riau, with witnesses claiming evil spirits had possessed them.

People living around Bukit Raya clinic said they were terrified to see the 11 victims vomiting and screaming, and believed they had been possessed, according to Adj. Chief Comr. Effendi S of the Tenayan Raya. “We still need to look into the case,” he said on Sunday.

Ali, a resident of Tenayan Baru district, said there was a blackout in the area before the incident occurred.

“The electrical power went out in the area. The nurse at the clinic switched on the generator, then all of a sudden the people were convulsing like they were being possessed,” Ali said.

Another witness, who declined to be identified, said the victims could have been poisoned by “a leak in the generator when it was turned on.”

The two victims who died — Suparti, 25, and Danan, 2, — were transferred to Arifin Ahmad hospital for postmortem tests, while the nine surivors, including clinic owner Elli, were admitted to the police hospital in Pekanbaru for treatment.

Effendi said that once the results of postmortem tests were available, the police would have a better idea of the cause of the incident. He added that the clinic has been closed pending results of the investigation.

“The witnesses are saying that it was some sort of evil spirit. Of course, right now we cannot say for sure what exactly caused the victims to fall into a seizure,” Effendi said.

“We have to check the results of the autopsy first.”