Elders increasingly killed over witchcraft suspicions: group

7 elders burnt to death on suspicions of witchcraft
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At least seven elderly persons have been burnt to death on accusations of engaging in witchcraft in Kigoma Region. Kigoma Regional Police Commander Jafari Mohammed has confirmed the tragic incident saying it occurred on Tuesday in the village of ...

>Shinyanga remains notorious in the killings of elderly people, whereby recent data shows that between January last year and July this year at least 38 elders were killed for a myriad of reasons.

Sumbawanga man killed over witchcraft
Daily News
A MPONDA villager, Sekule Mpupo (85), was beaten to death by a mob in Sumbawanga Municipality after being accused of practicing witchcraft. The Rukwa Police Commander, Jacob Mwaruanda, confirmed the death which occurred in the village on ...

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LHRC: More people been killed on witchcraft beliefs
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LHRC executive director Dr Helen Kijo-Bisimba (L), gives clarifications to journalists in Dsm yesterday as she released the centre's bi annual report on human rights for the year 2014. The number of people killed due to superstitious beliefs has increased from ...

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Seven killed, houses burnt, over witchcraft in western Tanzania
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM (Xinhua) -- Angry villagers killed seven people and torched 18 houses in rural areas of western Tanzania region of Kigoma in what police described as witchcraft beliefs. Jaffari Mohamed, the Kigoma regional police commander, told a news ...
7 witchcraft suspects burned to death in TanzaniaThe Nation
Witchcraft suspects burned in Tanzania9news.com.au
Tanzania arrests 23 over killing of seven...

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Four lynched on cattle rustling suspicions, at least one missing
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At leats four people suspected to be cattle rustlers were lynched yesterday at Igwambiti village in Buhongwa on the outskirts of Mwanza. Buhongwa Ward Councilor Benedict Kabadi confirmed the incident saying he received the news too late to save them and ...

Money, not superstition, behind murder of elders
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Most murders of elderly folk in various parts of the country are not relate to superstitious beliefs as previously thought but shockingly, the cold blooded killings are financial related and committed by would be heirs, police have reported. The development ...