A disturbing video has emerged that appears to show four women being tortured by a gang of men after being accused of witchcraft.

The footage was reportedly taken in a village in Papua New Guinea, a country where violence and murders linked to sorcery are rife.

In the video, the women have been stripped naked, tied up, burned and beaten.

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Barbaric: Shocking video purportedly shows at least four women stripped naked and tortured by a gang of men brandishing machetes after being accused of witchcraft in a village in Papua New Guinea

The video shows the women being threatened with machetes while being interrogated by the men

It also shows them being threatened with machetes while being questioned by the men.

The women were accused of sorcery after a young man fell ill in the village in Enga province in August, two sources on the island told The Guardian.

According to social media posts, villagers claimed the women had 'invisibly' taken out the man's heart.

The suspects repeatedly deny the allegations, with one woman begging her attackers: 'My son, stop it!'

In the video, the women have been stripped naked, tied up and are apparently burned and beaten

A man replies: 'Talk out, where did you put it? Burn her with the wire.'

Another woman says: 'I've got nothing to do with it,' says another woman. 'I am a mother with five children.'

The gang later claimed the women returned the man's heart after they were tortured, apparently proving their guilt, according to the social media reports.