Friday, October 03, 2008

WTF! Albino killings spread from Tanzania to Burundi...

Albinos in Burundi have been taking refuge after three of them were killed by gangs apparently seeking to sell body parts in neighbouring Tanzania. 

Four albinos were moved to a provincial centre on Thursday in Ruyigi, Burundi, where police were protecting them, the BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge reports. 

Authorities have arrested six people in connection with the murder of an albino teenage girl in August. 

The attacks follow the killing of 26 Tanzanian albinos in less than a year. 

A BBC correspondent's investigation there revealed that witchdoctors were behind the killings. More...

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