Shocking! Man Kill Friend After Seeing a Vision of Him Having an Affair With His Wife (Photos)
A
man has wasted the life of his friend in a very unusual circumstance
after he had a vision that the man was having an affair with his wife.
victim: Unais Gomes
A man stabbed his friend to death in the Peruvian Amazon after they
both took a powerful hallucinogenic drug. Dailymail reports that the
man stabbed his friend after having a vision that his friend had an
affair with his wife. The victim was a British tourist named Unais
Gomes, a former Goldman Sachs worker. He was killed by Joshua Stevens
aged 29 years.
According to police report, the pair had been taking part in a
traditional ayahuasca ceremony near the jungle city of Iquitos on
Wednesday. Pictures of the aftermath show a bare-chested Mr Stevens
spattered in blood. A large knife can be seen on the floor and the body
of a man slumped at the entrance of a wooden hut.
alleged killer, Joshua Stevens
Amazonian tribes make ayahuasca by boiling two plants – the
ayahuasca vine and the chacruna shrub, which contains the natural
hallucinogen dimethyltryptamine – an illegal drug in the UK. By purging
toxins from the body through vomiting, diarrhoea, yawning, crying,
shaking and sweating, it is believed the brew has healing qualities and
users are said to experience a spiritual awakening.
Its use among tourists in Peru has surged, with dozens of jungle
retreats now offering it under the supervision of a guide or shaman.
Many travelers believe it will help ease depression and other mental
health issues.
Mr Gomes and Mr Stevens were on a ten-day, £800 stay the Phoenix
Ayahuasca retreat when the tragedy occurred. Guests at the retreat, run
by Australian brother and sister Mark and Tracie Thornberry, take part
in meditation, ‘relaxing floral baths’ and the ayahuasca ceremony.
The siblings claim ayahuasca is a ‘purgative’ which ‘removes spiritual and emotional blockages’.
Photographs on the retreat’s Facebook page show guests covered in mud,
swimming, and relaxing in wooden huts and tents. Some reports confirmed
Mr Stevens had started the attack after hallucinating about his wife
having an affair with Mr Gomes.
However, a police source said the Briton tried to stab Mr Stevens
with a knife from a kitchen area. As the pair wrestled, the Canadian
grabbed the blade and stabbed Mr Gomes in the chest and stomach.
Mr Stevens was in police custody last night. Police chief Normando Marques said:
‘It might be folkloric, spiritual or whatever else, but that doesn’t
mean it isn’t a drug that dramatically alters your state of mind.’
Economics graduate Mr Gomes had held posts in research and sales at
Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and lived in St John’s Wood, north London
before moving to San Francisco 18 months ago. His LinkedIn page
described him as an entrepreneur in the field of clean technology.
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