A Malaysian couple have been beaten to death by four close family members in a ritual apparently intended to help one of them stop smoking.

They reportedly smashed the husband and wife’s heads on a table, and beat them with broomsticks and motorbike helmets at a house in Kuala Lumpur. The couple’s 14-year-old daughter was also injured and taken to hospital…

Mohamed Ibrahim was seeking help to stop his smoking habit, while his wife was suffering from asthma and a liver ailment.

Following this, a 23-year-old male relative suggested that the couple undergo a ritual which involved all family members joining forces to beat up the couple to rid them of their ailments.

Well, it certainly was effective. Worked as well as any other superstitious crap medication.

They ain’t smoking anymore. Or breathing.