Albino necromancy in Tanzania

Four Tanzanians have been sentenced to death by hanging for killing an albino man last year - one of a spate of such murders in the country.

The court, in the northern town of Shinyanga, convicted them of murdering the man and removing his head and legs.

In September three men were sentenced to death for murdering an albino boy - the first such ruling in Tanzania.

Witchdoctors sell good-luck potions made from the body parts of albino people for thousands of dollars.

More than 50 albino people are thought to have been murdered in the past two years in Tanzania.

Posted by David on November 2, 2009 2:28 PM