Pakistani child forced to lick burning axe over suspicion of stealing teapot

A Pakistani child was forced to lick a burning axe after he was suspected to have stolen a teapot.

A child was forced to lick a smouldering axe in Pakistan to prove his innocence over suspicion of theft. Three men have been arrested by the border police, said local media reports. According to The Dawn, the suspects made the child shepherd lick a hot axe following an archaic local tradition to prove innocence in case of theft or crime. The tribal Baloch use the water and fire tradition for the trial of suspects.