Tanzania, Jan 14 – Tanzania has banned witchdoctors to try and stem a surge in murders of albinos, whose body parts are sold for witchcraft, officials said Wednesday.
-- "These so-called witches bear responsibility for the attacks against albinos," interior ministry spokesman Isaac Nantanga told AFP Wednesday.
The ban follows the kidnapping last month of a four-year-old girl by men armed with machetes, who took her from her home in the northern Mwanza region. Police have since arrested 15 people, including the girl's father and two uncles, but she is still missing.
At least 74 albinos have been murdered in the east African country since 2000, according to United Nations experts.
After a spike in killings in 2009, the government placed youngsters in children's homes in a desperate effort to defend them.
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2015/01/tanzania-bans-witchdoctors-to-stem-grisly-albino-murders/
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