‘Haunted’ man becomes vampire

An Algerian man who says he is gripped by Jinn (ghosts) has turned into a vampire, attacking people and animals in his village to suck their blood.

Newspapers in the north African Arab country said Abdul Hadi has turned into a real vampire and developed a strong appetite for blood.

The papers quoted the man and his family as saying he has been gripped by a female Jinn named “Queen Najma bint Al Ahmar” and that she always speaks to him.

“He has started to carry out strange rituals and love blood sucking…sometimes he falls unconscious, his face goes tight and his eyes become white…he simply becomes like a beast,” a family member was quoted as saying.

“He has turned into a real vampire and has started to attack any human or animal that he sees…we had no choice but to lock him up in his room.”

Newspapers said Abdul Hadi lives in Girdaya town in south Algeria but they did not mention whether he would undergo treatment.

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