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'Exorcism' on stolen brides in Chechnya

Chechen women who have been forced into marriage often suffer psychological breakdowns.

Reporter Lucy Ash visits a new Islamic Medical Centre in Grozny where one of the religious scholars, Mullah Mairbek, is treating a woman who had been stolen for marriage a few years ago.

He is convinced the woman is possessed by an evil spirit and performs an exorcism to treat her.

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