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Woman vandalises fortune teller's stall after defying his death prediction

Press Trust of India  |  Beijing 

An elderly woman in today vandalised the stall of a who wrongly predicted her death, according to a media report. The told the 70-year-old womanin Mianyang in southwestern province in March last year that she would not live to see 2018. The woman, identified only as Wang, then spent the year in fear and prepared for her death, Hong Kong based Morning Post reported. I was terrified when the told me I wouldn't be able to live till the end of last year.

I worried every day, Wang was quoted as saying. But she remained in good health, despite the fears. When Wang ran into the in the park this week, she took her anger out on his stall. A intervened and asked the to apologise to Wang for causing stress. is a popular profession in China, with predictions usually based on people's names, time of birth, Chinese zodiac signs, facial features and palms.

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First Published: Sat, March 10 2018. 17:10 IST
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