Posted on 10/17/2008 8:31:10 AM PDT by E. Cartman
Machete-wielding gangs in South Africa are mutilating young people to provide body parts for the traditional medicine market, an investigation has found. The practice has brought terror to parts of South Africa, where it is estimated that at least 300 people are killed each year for the medicine, known as muti. One victim was Fortune Khumalo, a boy of nine, who was attacked as he relieved himself in bushes.
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Are the mutilations an excuse to hurt someone? Is evil so ingrained in the culture that “medicinal” provides cover for cruelty ?
Lowlifes.
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