In Zimbabwe, a 22-year-old woman has reportedly initiated at least 25 children into a satanic cult, iHarare.

It is reported that the woman is the queen of the cult while the minors are the maids.

The Manica Post reports that last week, Acacia residents were left in fear after a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) fell into a trance and declared that she and 25 other children in the area had been initiated into Satanism by her neighbor.

The girl had physically attacked her father who wanted to restrain her from visiting their neighbor’s residence before she fell into the trance. The child’s father, (name withheld to protect the identity of the minor), confirmed his daughter’s weird behavior.

“My child went to play at our neighbour’s house and when she came back, she was behaving weirdly. She was putting on different clothes from the ones she had gone wearing. When I asked our neighbour to return my daughter’s clothes, she refused to surrender them. I even visited our neighbour to collect the clothes, but I was told that she had soaked them. I demanded to be given the wet clothes,” said the troubled father.

He also said that night his daughter was making strange sounds while telling her family stories of how she had become part of their neighbor’s Satanic cult. According to the girl, their neighbor is the queen of the cult, while minors from the neighborhood are the maids.

The publication also reports that in the same neighborhood, another spirit has also been manifesting within another minor and accusing the same lady of recruiting her into the cult.

Another neighbor, Emilio Magaso, said the 22-year-old woman’s parents were constantly summoned to attend to her during her high school days at a nearby mission school adding that the woman is not new to controversy.

“We long suspected that something fishy was happening in her life. She has a mermaid spirit,” said Magaso.

However, in an interview with the publication, the woman denied ever initiating the minors into any cult.

“Honestly, look at me, I am 22 years old and I have a child. Why would I be friends with people who are 10 years younger than me? Most of these kids are not even teenagers and I do not even know them that much,” she said.

Zimbabwe National Healers’ Association (Zinatha) president, Mr. George Kandiero, said the information at hand shows that the children were initiated into witchcraft adding that there is an urgent need for the children’s exorcism.

“The snakes and manifestations suggest that the children are already witches and wizards. The fact that some of the children’s mothers are also witnessing a change in behaviour is proof to this.

He added that the children need urgent cleansing through either traditional or Christian means.