NAIROBI, May 21 (Reuters) - A mob has burned to death at least 11 people accused of witchcraft in an area of west Kenya were traditional beliefs run deep, police said on Wednesday.

"Their houses were torched. Eight women and three men suspected of being witches died," Kenya's deputy police spokesman Charles Owino said.

(Reporting by Guled Mohamed and Wangui Kanina; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)

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