Four sentenced to death in Tanzania for killing albino teenager

Four sentenced to death in Tanzania for killing albino teenager
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, July 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Four men, including a witchdoctor, were sentenced to death by Tanzania's High Court on Wednesday after being found guilty of abducting, killing and dismembering a 17-year-old albino boy.

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10 years ago

Pulse Nigeria

02 Jul

In Tanzania: Four sentenced to death for killing albino teenager

Thomson Reuters Foundation
In Tanzania: Four sentenced to death for killing albino teenager
Pulse Nigeria
The killers often hack their victims to death and sell their body party to witchdoctors who use them in spells to bring good luck and wealth. Witchdoctors pay as much as $75,000 for a full set of albino body parts, according to a Red Cross report ...
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Capital FM Kenya (Press Release) (Subscription) (Blog)

06 Mar

Four albino killers sentenced to death in Tanzania

Capital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)
Four albino killers sentenced to death in Tanzania
Capital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)
Tanzania, Mar 6 – A court in Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for the murder of an albino woman who was killed so her hacked-off limbs could be used in magic, officials said Friday. The sentencing comes after Tanzania' President Jakaya ...
Tanzania court sentence four to death over killing of young albinoCoastweek
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Daily Mail

06 Mar

Four sentenced to death in Tanzania for murdering albino woman

Daily Mail
Four sentenced to death in Tanzania for murdering albino woman
Daily Mail
Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania after brutally murdering a young albino woman in order to harvest her body parts as good luck charms. Zawadi Mangidu, 22, was killed in north-western town of Geita by a group that included her ...
In Tanzania: Albino killers sentenced to deathPulse Nigeria
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Mirror.Co.Uk

18 Feb

Albino baby hacked to death in Tanzania's latest witchcraft related death

Mirror.co.uk
Albino baby hacked to death in Tanzania's latest witchcraft related death
Mirror.co.uk
An albino baby found hacked to death in a forest in Tanzania has become the latest victim of brutal murders connected to witchcraft. The United Nations, who condemned the attack, have warned there may be an increased threat to Albinos in the country in the ...
Dismembered body of albino child found in Tanzania, days after being snatched ...International Business Times UK
Abducted Tanzanian Albino...

 

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BBC

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