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A husband and wife managed to decapitate themselves using a home-made guillotine in a sacrifice "ritual".
Police in India said that Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, carried out the ritual between Saturday night (April 15) and Sunday afternoon (April 16).
The couple, who lived in the Indian state of Gujarat, used a "guillotine-like mechanism" to sever their own heads into a "fire alter".
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"The couple first prepared a fire altar before putting their heads under a guillotine-like mechanism held by a rope," Vinchhiya Police sub-inspector Indrajeetsinh Jadeja said.
"As soon as they released the rope, an iron blade fell on them, severing their heads, which rolled into the fire."
They performed the ritual sacrifice in a hut at their farm in Vinchhiya village.
The regional Rajkot district police announced the deaths of the couple on Sunday.
Jadeja also said that they left a note for their two children and other relatives who lived nearby, urging the extended family to look after the kids and their ageing parents.
The bodies have since been sent for a post-mortem examination, and a case of accidental death has been registered.
The couple's family members said the pair had been offering prayers in their home every day since last year, although it isn't clear what religious principles they had been practising.
It is also unclear how old the couple's children are.
Black magic continues to be practised in some rural parts of India, often as a way to bring wealth or good fortune.
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