Police in the Simiyu region said the 40-year-old victim was murderedKind of blackly ironic that they are killed for potions for success, isn't it?
overnight earlier this month and the attackers had hacked off her left
leg, the index and middle fingers of her left hand and part of her left
thumb.
Photographs of the murder scene outside her home were too graphic to publish.
People with albinism are often subjected to violent attacks in the country, where they are known as the “zeru zeru” or ghosts.
The condition is heavily stigmatised and families who see it as a curse have known to kick relatives out of their homes.
But sufferers are also a target for traditional healers, who harvest body parts to make potions for wealth, success and even election victories.
I also note this oddity in the report:
Under the Same Sun is campaigning for better protection for people withCurrent regulation for witchdoctors? The Witchdoctor Registration Board, or something?
albinism in Africa and wants to see witch doctors banned as they claim
current regulation is not working.
And then this sad note:
The group is concerned that attacks will increase in the run-up to
elections in October, when the demand for potions made from albino body
parts is expected to increase.
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