A PAPUA NEW GUINEA man accused of practising sorcery was slashed to death with bush knives by an angry mob while a doctor tried in vain to stop the murder.

The death of John Ogono, 40, and the torture of Sehupa Trimek, 25, outside Goroka in Eastern Highlands province last weekend came to light on Friday.

The president of the National Doctors Association, Kauve Pomat, who was in the village at the time of the murder, said it was like a "horror film".