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A woman who was kept prisoner by her boyfriend in a cement pit has been rescued.

A Tanzanian woman has been discovered by authorities in a cemented pit behind her boyfriend’s house, where she had been held prisoner for eight months.

The man allegedly dug a pit at the back of his room and shackled his girlfriend there, placing wooden planks over the opening of the pit to disguise its sinister purpose.

The woman was imprisoned naked and fed only two meals a week.

Watch the moment the woman was discovered by authorities. Warning: This video is graphic and may disturb some readers. 

Her captor claims he was acting under instructions from a witch doctor, who told him he would become rich if he “buried the person he loved most”. The witch doctor also allegedly instructed him to feed his prisoner only one liquid meal a week and to recite certain incantations over her head.

According to BuzzKenya, the police discovered the woman following a tip-off from concerned neighbours.

Miraculously, the woman survived the ordeal, although the muscles in her back have fused together and the shape of her lower body has shifted due to her position in the pit.

The man has been arrested and is currently in custody.