The mutilated body of a one-year-old albino boy has been discovered in a Tanzanian forest - prompting the United Nations to demand an end to attacks for witchcraft rituals.
Yohana Bahati was snatched by an armed gang on 15 February, and police believe the toddler's arms and legs were hacked off so they could be used in witchcraft rituals.
His mother was slashed with a machete during the abduction and is in a critical condition in hospital, while his two siblings - who also suffer from a lack of pigment in their hair, eyes and skin - are under police protection.
Despite the Tanzanian government introducing a ban on witch doctors, who claim charms and spells made using albino body parts bring wealth and good luck, at least 70 people who suffer from albinism have been murdered in the African country over the past 10 years.
A four-year-old albino girl is still missing after being kidnapped in December.
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3 comments:
So, what took the un so long to request these rituals be stopped?
The warlords of the area were far to loyal to their first world sponsors to be bothered with those trivial things. We need to focus on those Cuban terrorists and those murderous rock throwing Palestinian pre-teens.
Stating the obvious, no one cares what Africans do with their babies.
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