Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death

Reuters ^ | Oct. 10, 2003 | unknown staff

[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.

[CarolAnn]

The victim probably just had a dinky winky......

[katz]

What a DICKens (devil) that sorcerer!!

[Jonx6]

What is going on in that picture?

[tkathy]

Next thing you know, the jews, America, George Bush and Co., will be deemed responsible for penis snatching. It's the cowboy thing.

[Malsua]

$15 million dollar

That article's headline is wrong. It's correct in the body text, but 3 zeros is glaring.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

You're welcome. I got rid of TWO mil's..... one a step-mil...... I"m very good at this........

[wildbill]

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?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

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

[Cicero]

The police spokesman said many men in Serekunda were now afraid to shake hands

Can't say I blame them.

[martin_fierro]

Someone needs to be sent to a penile penal institution.

[Leisler]

Looks like Massachusetts Congressmen, clothes designers, Alex Baldwin and half the DNC's male minions should never go to Gambia.

[Treebeard]

His penis was "snatched"? Who writes these headlines??

[dagnabbit]

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.

[gitmo]

This explains the Metrosexual fad.

[MotleyGirl70]

Genital shrinkage is one thing (see George Costanza),

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

[MotleyGirl70]

What the heck is that. What is she doing to that child. Very disturbing whatever it is.

[MotleyGirl70]

Darn...you beat me to it! Oh well, it's so funny it's worth a double post. :)

[ppaul]

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!

[ppaul]

Bush

[Chad Fairbanks]

ALl I can say is...

Ooh! Eee! Ooh Ahh Ahh!