Two suspects have been arrested in the central district of Milange in Mozambique following the death of bald men in an alleged ritual attack. A police commander in Mozambique’s central Zambezia province, Afonso Dias, warned that the country could be targets of ritual attacks after the recent killing of five men for their body parts. Mozambique starts killing of bald men.
The AFP news agency reports that the suspects are two young Mozambicans aged around the age of 20. Confirming the arrest, a regional security spokesman, Miguel Caetano, told AFP that one of the victims had his head cut off and his organs removed.
Mozambique starts killing of bald men
The organs were to be used in rituals to advance the wealth of clients in Tanzania and Malawi, Mr Caetano said, citing the suspects.
According to the police, “The belief is that the head of a bald man contains gold.” BBC’s Jose Tembe in the capital, Maputo, says police think the notion of a bald head containing gold is a ruse by witchdoctors to get clients to take a person’s head to them.
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“Their motive comes from superstition and culture – the local community thinks bald individuals are rich,” Commander Dias is reported as having told a press conference in Maputo.
There has been a spate of killings of people with albinism in East Africa in recent years, with their body parts used to make charms and potions by witchdoctors. Albino people have also been killed in the region for ritual purposes.
Three men have been killed in the past week alone.
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So many ills happening in and around Africa. God keeps protecting us in Nigeria, despite the attacks, though. What would we have done if situations like these arose in our country?
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