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| Cops shoot dead 14 people and wound 28 in Madagascar as they open fire on crowd trying to break into police station to kill four men accused of kidnapping albino child |
| 2022-08-30 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Police in Madagascar have shot dead at least 14 people and wounded 28 others after opening fire on a crowd of protesters angered at the kidnapping of an albino child. A crowd of around 500 angry villagers armed with machetes and knives descended on the local police station in Ikongo calling for the release of the four suspects arrested yesterday, so they could be dealt with by the mob. The demonstrators then 'tried to force their way in' to the station, a police officer told AFP. Some sub-Saharan African countries have suffered a wave of assaults against people with albinism, whose body parts are sought for witchcraft practices in the mistaken belief that they bring luck and wealth. Because of the superstition, their body parts can be sold for thousands of dollars and they are often targeted in ritual killings. Some believe that having sex with an albino woman can also cure AIDS. The kidnapping took place last week, according to Razafintsiandraofa, an MP for the Ikongo district about 50 miles southeast of the capital Antananarivo. No further details were immediately available. Madagascar, a large Indian Ocean island country, is ranked among the poorest in the world. Related: Madagascar: 2022-07-31 British drug smugglers are jailed for more than 20 years each for bungled attempt to bring £570m of narcotics into Australia that resulted in a grounded yacht and being captured by a giant SEAL Madagascar: 2022-04-23 Report accuses Iran of sending port blast nitrates to Beirut Madagascar: 2022-02-02 The real Nicholas II: The Lena Mine Massacre Related: Albino: 2020-02-11 Maxine Waters: White Dem Candidates ‘Have Blemishes on Their Record About Their Relationships with Black People’ Albino: 2019-11-29 Mozambique Urges End to ‘Black Magic' Murder, Rape, Dismemberment of Albinos Albino: 2019-02-01 UN condemns ritual killings of Tanzanian albino children for body parts |
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