Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania after brutally murdering a young albino woman in order to harvest her body parts as good luck charms. Zawadi Mangibu, 22 was killed in north-western town of Geita by a group that included her husband, who is among those due to be executed.
There is no guarantee the death penalties will ever actually be carried out, however as the East African nation has had a moratorium on executions for the past 21 years. The conviction comes just days after Tanzania’s president Jakaya Kikwete promised to end wave of killings of albinos, saying the witchcraft-related murders are shaming Tanzania.
Activists say attackers have killed at least 75 albinos in Tanzania since 2000 to use their body parts in rituals. “We will not allow things to escalate as they did in previous years.” Kikwete said in a national address on Monday.
“I believe that with close cooperation between the government and society, we will succeed in ending these killings of persons with albinism and rid our nation this shame.” Kikwete said.
Posted by Kapolesya, Doreen
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