Tanzania: Kidnapping of albino boy raises witchcraft fears

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Tanzania: Kidnapping of albino boy raises witchcraft fears
BBC News
An albino toddler has been kidnapped in northern Tanzania, raising fears that he may be killed by witchdoctors. Police say one-year-old Yohana Bahati was taken by attackers who broke in to his mother's house, striking her with a machete. The body parts of ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

31 Dec

Four arrested over kidnapping of albino girl in Tanzania

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Four arrested over kidnapping of albino girl in Tanzania
Sydney Morning Herald
Police in Tanzania say they have arrested four people over the kidnapping of an albino girl in the north of the country, where many are killed and their body parts sold as lucky charms. Four-year-old Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi was snatched on Saturday from ...
Detectives Despatched to Probe Mwanza Albino Child AbductionAllAfrica.com

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Peninsula On

31 Dec

Four held in Tanzania over albino girl kidnapping

Four held in Tanzania over albino girl kidnapping
Peninsula On-line
ARUSHA, Tanzania--Police in Tanzania said Wednesday they have arrested four people over the kidnapping of an albino girl in the north of the country, where many are killed and their body parts sold as lucky charms. Four-year-old Pendo Emmanuelle ...
Detectives Despatched to Probe Mwanza Albino Child AbductionAllAfrica.com

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Radio Australia

31 Dec

Four people arrested after kidnapping albino girl in Tanzania

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Four people arrested after kidnapping albino girl in Tanzania
Radio Australia
Police in Tanzania have arrested four people over the kidnapping of an albino girl in the north of the country, where many are killed and their body parts sold as lucky charms. Four-year-old Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi was snatched on Saturday from her home ...
Tanzanian police arrest four in albino disappearance probeStarAfrica.com
Four held in Tanzania over albino girl kidnappingCapital FM Kenya (press release)...

 

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The Rakyat Post

23 Jan

Tanzania tackles albino and 'witchcraft' killings

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Tanzania tackles albino and 'witchcraft' killings
The Rakyat Post
Image taken in May 2009 shows albinos attending a trial in Ruyigi of some of 11 Burundians accused of being behind the murder of albinos, whose limbs have been sold to witch doctors in neighbouring Tanzania. — AFP pic. MAGU (Tanzania), Jan 23, 2015:.
Murder and magic as Tanzania tackles 'witchcraft' killingsDaily Mail

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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 ...

 

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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 ...

 

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BBC

Tanzania albino boy kidnapped

Police fear that a toddler kidnapped from his home in Tanzania will be killed and sold to witchdoctors, who use albino body parts for rituals.

 

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New Vision

09 Mar

Tanzania albino boy loses hand in latest attack

New Vision
Tanzania albino boy loses hand in latest attack
New Vision
The incedent was the latest in a string of attacks in Tanzania against the minority. AFP Photo. mail. img. newvision. mail; img. A six-year-old albino boy has had his right hand hacked off in the latest of a string of attacks in Tanzania against the minority, police ...

 

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SBS

31 Dec

Four held over albino girl kidnapping

NEWS.com.au
Four held over albino girl kidnapping
SBS
Four people have been arrested in Tanzania over the kidnapping of a four-year-old albino girl, in a country where albino body parts are sold as charms. Source: AAP. 31 Dec 2014 - 10:48 PM UPDATED 1 MIN AGO ...
Four held in Tanzania over albino girl kidnappingCapital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)
Four arrested over kidnapping of albino girl in TanzaniaSydney Morning Herald

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