Tanzanian Witch Doctors Arrested Over Albino Killing

Two witch doctors in Tanzania have been arrested after a woman with albinism was hacked to death, police say.

Her attackers removed one her legs and several fingers on Tuesday morning.

Albinos have suffered widespread persecution in Tanzania, where witch doctors say magic potions made with albino body parts can bring good luck.

Such killings have declined in recent years, but this latest attack has prompted a human rights group to call for all witch doctors to be banned.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Under The Same Sun said the current regulation of witch doctors was clearly not working.

It was said that currently all witch doctors have to apply for a certificate from the ministry of health and welfare to practice.

The attack occurred in the village of Gasuma, in Simiyu province - a remote rural area in the north-west of the country where there have been killings of albinos before, our reporter says.

The woman's left leg, two fingers from her left hand and a nail from one of her thumbs were removed.

According to reports, campaigns against the discrimination of people living with albinism, the last killing of an albino in Tanzania was in February 2013.

In recent years, the government has been also been trying to address the problem, and an albino MP was appointed several years ago.

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 01:30 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Money things, I hear say  any juju that were prepared with albino parts na quick action. Just saying shaa.

Posted: at 14-05-2014 01:54 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 02:04 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

      

Posted: at 14-05-2014 02:07 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 03:14 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Funny

Posted: at 14-05-2014 04:08 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

This news is so appalling,the cruel witch doctors deserve brutal and severe inhumane treatment. Wicked souls

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 05:27 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

I think you're a body part dealer.  You know much about human body parts and how effective they are. I hearsay is your trade make.

Posted: at 14-05-2014 05:57 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 07:46 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie

Note pls , do not  kill

Posted: at 15-05-2014 03:21 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie