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Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death
Reuters ^ | Oct. 10, 2003 | unknown staff

Posted on 10/11/2003 7:59:34 AM PDT by wildbill

Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death Fri October 10, 2003 10:53 AM ET BANJUL (Reuters) - A 28-year-old man accused of stealing a man's penis through sorcery was beaten to death in the West African country of Gambia on Thursday, police said. A police spokesman told Reuters that Baba Jallow was killed by about 10 people in the town of Serekunda, nine miles from the capital Banjul.

Reports of penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, with purported victims claiming that alleged sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear in order to extort cash in the promise of a cure.

The police spokesman said many men in Serekunda were now afraid to shake hands, and he urged people not to believe reports of "vanishing" genitals. Belief in sorcery is widespread in West Africa.

Seven alleged penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs in Ghana in 1997.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; aids; culturaldiversity; hiv; penissnatcher; snatcher; washhandsafter
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To: Akira
The victim probably just had a dinky winky......

21 posted on 10/11/2003 8:33:14 AM PDT by CarolAnn
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To: wildbill
What a DICKens (devil) that sorcerer!!
22 posted on 10/11/2003 8:35:47 AM PDT by katz
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To: dagnabbit
What is going on in that picture?
23 posted on 10/11/2003 8:35:49 AM PDT by Jonx6
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To: wildbill
Next thing you know, the jews, America, George Bush and Co., will be deemed responsible for penis snatching. It's the cowboy thing.
24 posted on 10/11/2003 8:41:05 AM PDT by tkathy (The islamofascists and the democrats are trying to destroy this country)
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To: ppaul
$15 million dollar

That article's headline is wrong. It's correct in the body text, but 3 zeros is glaring.
25 posted on 10/11/2003 8:42:58 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: Dog Gone
You're welcome. I got rid of TWO mil's..... one a step-mil...... I"m very good at this........
26 posted on 10/11/2003 8:44:57 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: fightu4it
There you have it! Will we be considered racists if we urge the INS to ban penis snatchers from immigrating to our sacred soil?

Sorceror profiling?
27 posted on 10/11/2003 8:50:59 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: Akira
"I was in the pool...I was in the pool !"
28 posted on 10/11/2003 8:51:25 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: wildbill
The police spokesman said many men in Serekunda were now afraid to shake hands

Can't say I blame them.

29 posted on 10/11/2003 8:56:59 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Someone needs to be sent to a penile penal institution.
30 posted on 10/11/2003 8:57:05 AM PDT by martin_fierro (The trivmphant retvrn of A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: wildbill
Looks like Massachusetts Congressmen, clothes designers, Alex Baldwin and half the DNC's male minions should never go to Gambia.
31 posted on 10/11/2003 9:07:02 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: wildbill
His penis was "snatched"? Who writes these headlines??
32 posted on 10/11/2003 9:20:20 AM PDT by Treebeard ("Bevo: It's what's for dinner. Today.")
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To: Jonx6
I believe its some sort of Shiite Muslim blood-letting festival in which men cut their heads and parade though the streets in commemeration of some long-ago "martyrdom". It may also involve whipping oneself bloody.

For the very youngest males, relatives, such as this doting mother, have to assist in the head slashing. I think the photo was taken in Lebanon.

33 posted on 10/11/2003 9:30:45 AM PDT by dagnabbit (Stop the GOP-Dem Matricula Stealth Amnesty. Don't Let 'Em Abolish the USA.)
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To: wildbill
This explains the Metrosexual fad.
34 posted on 10/11/2003 9:35:12 AM PDT by gitmo (Zero Tolerance = Intolerance)
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To: Akira
Genital shrinkage is one thing (see George Costanza),

"I was in the pool! I was in the pool!"

35 posted on 10/11/2003 9:36:17 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: dagnabbit
What the heck is that. What is she doing to that child. Very disturbing whatever it is.
36 posted on 10/11/2003 9:38:25 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Darn...you beat me to it! Oh well, it's so funny it's worth a double post. :)
37 posted on 10/11/2003 9:39:40 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Malsua
That article's headline is wrong. It's correct in the body text, but 3 zeros is glaring.

Okay.

President Bus has earmarked $15 BILLION DOLLARS for "AIDS prevention" in Africa.
Instead of throwing away taxpayer dollars to buy videos and condoms for promiscious men that cannot refrain from multiple partners, lets send out an army of penis snatchers instead. It would be much more culturally relevant - and effective!


38 posted on 10/11/2003 9:41:13 AM PDT by ppaul
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Bush
39 posted on 10/11/2003 9:42:39 AM PDT by ppaul
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To: wildbill
ALl I can say is...

Ooh! Eee! Ooh Ahh Ahh!
40 posted on 10/11/2003 9:47:25 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Donate to FR, and I'll record a Theme Song for the next BadJoe Weekend)
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