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Tanzania arrests 23 over killing of seven 'witches'
Source: BBC
Tanzanian police have charged 23 people with murder after seven villagers were burned alive on suspicion of witchcraft.
Though the attacks in Murufiti, a village in the western Kigoma region, happened on Monday, reports only surfaced with the arrests.
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Between 2005 and 2011, reports say around 3,000 people were killed after being accused of being witches.
Several of the victims were old women but witch doctors - village healers who are sometimes involved in the witch hunts - have also targeted young children and albinos, the latter because their body parts are thought to bring prosperity.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29572974
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Tanzania arrests 23 over killing of seven 'witches' (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2014
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CarrieLynne
(497 posts)1. i cant believe what goes on in this day and age....
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)2. This world is no more advanced than it was in 1556.
And if you don't know what happened around that time I won't ruin your day...
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)3. Believe in absurdities ... Commit atrocities
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)4. ^ n/t