Sumbawanga man killed over witchcraft

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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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

IPPmedia

01 Aug

LHRC: More people been killed on witchcraft beliefs

IPPmedia
LHRC: More people been killed on witchcraft beliefs
IPPmedia
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 ...

 

10 years ago

Coastweek

11 Oct

Seven killed, houses burnt, over witchcraft in western Tanzania

Telegraph.co.uk
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...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Jun

Elders increasingly killed over witchcraft suspicions: group

As the world marks Elder Abuse Awareness Day today, senior citizens in Tanzania are increasingly persecuted over witchcraft practising allegations.

 

10 years ago

Toronto Sun

17 Jun

Man accused of trying to sell albino niece for witchcraft

Toronto Sun
Man accused of trying to sell albino niece for witchcraft
Toronto Sun
DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian police have arrested a 44-year-old man accused of trying to sell his albino niece to undercover security officials posing as witch doctors as part of a nationwide crackdown on the illegal trade in albino body parts used in black ...

 

10 years ago

Reuters Africa

17 Jun

Tanzania police arrest man accused of trying to sell albino niece for witchcraft

Tanzania police arrest man accused of trying to sell albino niece for witchcraft
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, June 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T anzanian police have arrested a 44-year-old man accused of trying to sell his albino niece to undercover security officials posing at witch doctors as part of a nationwide crackdown on the illegal ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

06 Jan

Moshi man killed in accident

Moshi man killed in accident
Daily News
DISMAS Anton, a 42-year-old man, died on the spot when he was hit by a car along Moshi-Arusha road. The grim incident occurred at Mailita in Hai Dtrict, Kilimanjaro Region. Kilimanjaro Regional Police Commander (RPC), Godfrey Kamwela, said that the ...

 

11 years ago

The Star

29 Apr

MAN KILLED IN A TRAFFIC JAM

MAN KILLED IN A TRAFFIC JAM
The Star
Police are looking for a gang that shot dead a man and injured his female companion in a traffic jam along Dar-es-Salaam Road, Nairobi. The woman is admitted in hospital in a stable condition. Police say they are yet to know the motive of the attack as ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

British man killed in South Sudan

The Foreign Office confirms a British man has been killed in South Sudan and says it is providing consular assistance to his family.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

28 Apr

Man hangs himself, thinking he killed his wife

Man hangs himself, thinking he killed his wife
Daily News
A RESIDENT of Mwaking'ombe village at Katuma ward in Mpanda District, Bernard George (42), has hanged himself with a piece of Khanga after beating his wife badly to the extent he thought that he had killed her while in fact she had lost consciousness.

 

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