A teenage girl beheaded her father with a bush knife after he raped her at their home in Papua New Guinea, a report said, with community leaders protecting her, saying the man deserved to die.

Police in Papua New Guinea have charged two people over the grisly killing of a woman who was burned alive in front of hundreds of people, including young children, after being accused of witchcraft.

A young mother accused of sorcery was stripped naked, doused with petrol and burned alive in front of a crowd, including schoolchildren, in Papua New Guinea.