Hundreds of witchdoctors rounded up in Tanzania crackdown

[WorldNews]

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Over 200 people have been arrested in Tanzania as part of a nationwide crackdown on witchdoctors linked to a wave of albino attacks and murders, police said Thursday. "Some of those arrested were found in possession of items like lizard skin, warthog teeth, ostrich eggs, monkey tails, bird claws, mule tails and lion skin," said police spokesperson, Advera Bulimba. Bulimba said the police campaign would target the entire network of gangsters, traders and witchdoctors. The mass arrest comes a few days after President Jakaya Kikwete described as "disgusting and a big embarrassment for the nation" the ongoing attacks against people with albinism whose body parts are used for witchcraft.

 

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