Four arrested for dealing in albino body parts

Four arrested for dealing in albino body parts
Daily News
WITHIN a spell of two weeks police in Kagera Region have arrested four people suspected to be dealers of albino body parts. Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Henry Mwaibambe, named the second two suspects as Latson Faustine (41), ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

The Star

14 Sep

Hamisi albino attacked for his body parts

The Star
Hamisi albino attacked for his body parts
The Star
Soft target: Nixon Lugadiru, Enock Jamenya, 56, and Bungoma nominated MCA Martin Wanyonyi on Friday at the Vihiga District Hospital. JOSEPH JAMENYA. September 14, 2015. A person living with albinism in Hamisi, Vihiga county, was attacked last week ...

 

10 years ago

Sky News

19 Feb

Albino Toddler Murdered For 'Lucky' Body Parts

Irish Independent
Albino Toddler Murdered For 'Lucky' Body Parts
Sky News
The UN condemns the mutilation of the one-year-old, who was targeted by an armed gang so his limbs could be used by witch doctors. 17:18, UK, Thursday 19 February 2015. Children with albinism sit at the Golden Valley English Medium School in Geita.
Tanzanian gangs hack off limbs of albinos for traditional ritualsLos Angeles Times
Mutilation, killing of Tanzanian boy with albinism strongly condemned by UN ...UN News...

 

11 years ago

Businessweek

15 May

UN Condemns Death of Tanzania Albino Woman Killed for Body Parts

IPPmedia
UN Condemns Death of Tanzania Albino Woman Killed for Body Parts
Businessweek
A 40-year-old albino woman was murdered for her body parts in Tanzania this week in an attack believed to be linked to witchcraft, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. Munghu Lugata, 40, was probably still alive when ...
UTSS condemns killing of woman with albinismIPPmedia
Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murderPublish Date: May 15, 2014New Vision
Two Tanzanian...

 

10 years ago

Breitbart News

03 Jun

Tanzania Warns Politicians: Witchcraft Using Albino Body Parts Will Not Win You ...

Breitbart News
Tanzania Warns Politicians: Witchcraft Using Albino Body Parts Will Not Win You ...
Breitbart News
Tanzania's federal government has been forced to issue a warning to politicians competing in the October elections not to engage in witchcraft in an attempt to improve their odds of winning, reminding candidates that witchcraft was banned nationally in ...

 

10 years ago

The Japan Times

19 Feb

Tanzanian albino baby abducted by witch doctors for his body parts is found dead

Telegraph.co.uk
Tanzanian albino baby abducted by witch doctors for his body parts is found dead
The Japan Times
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian police have found the mutilated body of a 1-year-old albino boy whose abduction renewed calls for tougher action to stop the killing of albinos for their body parts, which are prized in black magic. An armed gang snatched ...
1-year-old Albino Found Dead, Missing Arms and Legs in TanzaniaNews Every day
Abducted Tanzanian albino boy found dead with limbs...

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

03 Jan

Abducted albino four-year-old is feared to have been killed so her body parts can be used in witch doctors' potions in Tanzania

Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi snatched from her home by men with machetesHer father was among four people arrested over the abduction, police sayBody parts of albino people said to fetch up to £50,000 on the black market 
Police in Tanzania have arrested the father of a four-year-old albino girl who is feared to have been abducted and murdered so her body parts can be sold to make witch doctors' potions.
Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi was snatched from her home in the Mwanza region in the north of the...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jul

EDITORIAL: It’s not about body parts

Possible question: how can anyone now lecture the lay public on proper waste disposal, when some otherwise respectable institutions discard “sensitive” things like human body parts just anywhere?

 

10 years ago

WOAI

11 Dec

Albinos being killed for body parts

WOAI
Albinos being killed for body parts
WOAI
SAN ANTONIO - People with albinism - a lack of pigment that makes them appear strikingly white - are routinely being killed in Tanzania for their hair or body parts, which are then used to make potions to attract wealth and luck. The tradition is not a new one ...
Tanzania's Albinos 'Killed like Animals' for Body Parts Used in PotionsBreitbart News

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11 years ago

BBC

Human body parts dumped in Tanzania

Police in Tanzania arrest one man after discovering bags containing human body parts in the port city of Dar es Salaam.

 

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