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A 41-year-old woman died during an "exorcism" in a Frankfurt hotel, it has been reported.

German police arrested five suspects - including two teenage boys.

An investigating judge issued an arrest warrant for a 44-year-old woman, her 21-year-old son, her daughter, 19, and two 15-year-old boys.

The woman was tied to a bed and beaten for hours, the city's public prosecutor announced today.

The five allegedly pummelled the woman's stomach and the chest in a bizarre bid to free her from the "demons" inside her.

In order to stifle the woman's screams, a towel was allegedly stuffed in her mouth and she choked to death.

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Her body was covered with bruises, reports the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

It is not clear whether the woman requested the exorcism.

Meanwhile, cops believe they have found a possible second victim in relation to the exorcism. In a house in nearby Hesse, investigators discovered an injured woman.

According to the prosecutor, she was suffering from hypothermia and dying of thirst.

The house was reportedly rented by the alleged exorcists. Cops did not give further details on the casualties.