Daily Nation
Sunday May 12 2019
A Tanzanian man has been arrested for selling his six-year-old daughter
to be killed so that her body parts could be used in a potion to make
him rich, police said Saturday. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Dar es Salaam
A
Tanzanian man has been arrested for selling his six-year-old daughter to
be killed so that her body parts could be used in a potion to make him
rich, police said Saturday.
A police statement said
that the child, Rose Japhet, was killed last week and her body found in
Mbeya, a region that has been hit by a spate of ritual killings of
children.
"The body was found decapitated and with the right foot amputated," said the statement, adding the foot was found buried nearby.
"The
motive of this murder was monetary. The father of the deceased took his
daughter to a businessman for USD2,000 (Sh200,000) for her to be killed
and her right foot amputated."
HEALER SOUGHT
The businessman, who was also arrested, was meant to "give the
foot to a healer so that he would make a product which would make him
(the father) prosperous," said the statement.
The businessman admitted his involvement and police are still hunting for the healer.
Mbeya
is near the region of Njombe, where at least 10 children aged between
two and 10 years old were found dead in January in what local media
reported were ritual killings.
The United Nations condemned the killings at the time.
Such
killings are not unusual in Tanzania, where albinos are often kidnapped
and their body parts hacked off for use as charms and magical potions
in the belief that they bring wealth and good luck.
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