Posted on 02/18/2015 5:05:20 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
An albino toddler has been kidnapped in northern Tanzania, according to police, raising fears he may be killed and his body parts used for witchcraft.
Unknown attackers broke into the house and slashed the child's mother with machetes before snatching the one-and-half-year-old boy in the northern Tanzanian district of Chato late on Saturday.
"Two bandits armed with machetes stormed into their kitchen, they hit his mother with machetes and took away the baby," said Joseph Konyo, regional police chief.
The child's father, who was nearby during the attack, is being questioned, he said.
"We have asked the public for cooperation to arrest the suspects," said Mr Konyo.
Albino body parts are sought after in Tanzania for witchcraft. At least 74 albinos have been murdered in the east African country since 2000, according to the United Nations.
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Albino body parts sell for around $600 (£400) in Tanzania, with an entire corpse fetching $75,000, according to the UN.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
How’s that “white” privilege working out?
Dang. Poor kid. Hope he’s alright, but doubt it.
Well as long as there aren’t any colonial imperialists out there trying to convert people to Christianity I suppose it’ll all turn out allright.
Not funny.
Poor little tad.
Savages.
Well you learn something every day...
I saw an albino African American female in the Army at Ft Lewis, Washington once. She was strikingly beautiful.
Now there's a headline you don't see every day.
Aw. I had a feeling it would end like that but I had hoped that it wouldn’t.... :-(
All cultures are equal. Sure.
Yes, all cultures are equal, but you must keep in mind that some cultures (such as this one and Islamic ones) are actually more equal than others.
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