Burundi witchdoctors dismember 6 year old albino girl in order to make magic potions

[Marrik]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7733597.stm


what a surprise, something fucked up happened in Africa!

a 6 year old albino girl was killed Sunday when a group of armed men broke into their home and tied up the parents before shooting the girl in the head and dismembering the body. she was the 6th albino to be killed and dismembered in Burundi since September.

officials said that albinos in Burundi had not suffered much descrimintation, until residents learned about the lucrative black market trade in albino body parts in Tanzania.

last week, police in south-western Tanzania arrested a man who was attempting to sell his albino wife to Congolese traders, and two mothers in western Tanzania were also attacked with machetes after gangs failed to find their albino children.



the black market trade is a result of widespread belief in the region that albino body parts can be used by witchdoctors to make magic potions.



yeah, i got the title wrong. witchdoctors didnt actually dismember her, some guys dismembered her and then sold her body parts to witchdoctors.



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A six-year-old albino girl in Burundi has been found dead with her head and limbs removed, in the latest killing linked to ritual medicine.

Albinos in the region have been targeted because of a belief peddled by witchdoctors that their body parts can be used for magic potions.

The girl, who was attacked on Sunday, was the sixth person with albinism to be killed in Burundi since September.

There have also been a number of attacks in neighbouring Tanzania.

The latest attack took place in Burundi's eastern province of Ruyigi.

The BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge in Burundi said the child and her family had only just returned to their family home.

Armed attackers broke into the family home and tied up the girl's parents before shooting her in the head, local officials say.

They had been among a group of about 50 people with albinism to have fled to a provincial centre because they feared for her safety.

The head of the Burundi Albinos' Association, Kasim Kazungu, says people with albinism had not suffered any discrimination until other Burundians heard about the lucrative trade in albino body parts in neighbouring Tanzania.

Last week, police in south-western Tanzania arrested a man who was attempting to sell his albino wife to Congolese traders.

Two mothers in western Tanzania were also attacked with machetes after gangs failed to find their albino children.

[holychicken]

Yup, fucked up shit never happens in the rest of the world. Just in Africa.

[Spinewire]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

[Aragoni]

And Christians burned girls with big vaginas and those that had more-then-usual knowledge when it came to medicine. The whole world is a fucked up place, not just Africa.

[Honest Bill]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

Apparently they 'thin out' the albino population

[Marilyn]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

That is probably the stuff they use to bleach assholes.
Genuine albino-bleach.

[Spades Felligan]

The title made me giggle.

[Aragoni]

The title made me giggle.

My first thought when I saw it was "I must be able to do something like that in Darkfall!".

[Marrik]

itd be so awesome if you could eat player bodies like in FO3

[Paganini]

Yup, fucked up shit never happens in the rest of the world. Just in Africa.

Yep, all their fault too

[Bunkah]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do


helps relieve erectile problems..

[Carbonlegend]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do
Plus one to wisdom, expeditious retreat and if you use it under a full moon while naked it has the power to imbue an item with obarma bane.

[Ozzy Wrong]

Yep, all their fault too

They've got nothing on an average New Zealand family.

[PrimalSign]

Yup, fucked up shit never happens in the rest of the world. Just in Africa.

Pirates, witch doctors, and phone-calls from Satan.

Africa is awesome.

[Forgin]

So? I don't see why the rest of the world should care? leave Africa alone(lol), let it deal with itself

[Scully]

Africans... they did it again!

[Marrik]

what Africa REALLY needs, is a common foe. clearly, they all need to team up against the albinos. they are a different color than the majority, so clearly they are inferior. that is one of man's longest standing and proudest traditions.

[palo god]

That’s interesting. *rubs magic potion on arm*

[Carbonlegend]

That’s interesting. *rubs magic potion on arm*

Palo without the full moon you wont receive the obama bane bonus

[Blixa]

religous maniacs living in a third world continent, no suprise there.

[Medieval]

I was in Nigeria two months ago on a work-trip and lived in Lagos for two weeks. I'm not surprised at all by anything what happens in Africa now.

[GFH_Spike]

The long term effects of colonialism at its finest, made possible by natural human stupidity.

[Carbonlegend]

The long term effects of colonialism at its finest, made possible by natural human stupidity.

Arguable it might not of happened had they not received independence.

[tallefred]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

MAGIC!! and stuff.

[Duncandun]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7733597.stm


what a surprise, something fucked up happened in africa!



yeah fuckin africanians

[JimiShults]

That's pretty cold, man. Fuck grown people, but kids? I dunno. I usually don't give a shit, but she was just a kid. That's a real brutal way to die. You guys are some sick fucks. Really shows how desensitized people are. It's only getting worse.

[Jinpachi]

They have a lot to learn from the western world. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1086284/Teenager-reveals-horror-Baby-Ps-shocking-ordeal-hands-tormentors.html)

[JimiShults]

They have a lot to learn from the western world. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1086284/Teenager-reveals-horror-Baby-Ps-shocking-ordeal-hands-tormentors.html)

Holy shit.

[Carbonlegend]

They have a lot to learn from the western world. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1086284/Teenager-reveals-horror-Baby-Ps-shocking-ordeal-hands-tormentors.html)
Thats truly sickening.

[Marrik]

They have a lot to learn from the western world. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1086284/Teenager-reveals-horror-Baby-Ps-shocking-ordeal-hands-tormentors.html)

i cant believe i missed that.

[JimiShults]

I feel physically ill from reading that. I've had friends that have had children in their family die. I've had children in my family die. To laugh at this shit, it's truly terrible. the title made you giggle? Go to hell.

[Kheiron]

That's pretty cold, man. Fuck grown people, but kids? I dunno. I usually don't give a shit, but she was just a kid. That's a real brutal way to die. You guys are some sick fucks. Really shows how desensitized people are. It's only getting worse.

Indeed. If they simply waited a few years until she was bigger they'd have more raw material for thier potions.

I mean, albinos can't be all that common, so you have to cultivate what you have carefully.

[Carbonlegend]

Indeed. If they simply waited a few years until she was bigger they'd have more raw material for thier potions.

I mean, albinos can't be all that common, so you have to cultivate what you have carefully.
Practical thinking from the necromancer

[JimiShults]

Indeed. If they simply waited a few years until she was bigger they'd have more raw material for thier potions.

I mean, albinos can't be all that common, so you have to cultivate what you have carefully.

haha, true. Whatever, it's the interwebz, people aren't supposed to give a shit on here. It's hypocritical of me to not give a shit about that 15 year old gamer dying but caring about this kid dying.

Those potions, i wonder how much they run for.

[Gaal]

They have a lot to learn from the western world. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1086284/Teenager-reveals-horror-Baby-Ps-shocking-ordeal-hands-tormentors.html)

dude......

[Kheiron]

haha, true. Whatever, it's the interwebz, people aren't supposed to give a shit on here. It's hypocritical of me to not give a shit about that 15 year old gamer dying but caring about this kid dying.

Those potions, i wonder how much they run for.

The way I see it, I dont have enough sympathy for everyone, so no-one gets any. It's only fair.

As for the potions, I'd really need to know what they're suppose to do before I start trying to buy one.

Given the means some people will go to just to get the materials to make them, I'd say they'd either have to extend life, or erection duration.

[Marrik]

The way I see it, I dont have enough sympathy for everyone, so no-one gets any. It's only fair.

As for the potions, I'd really need to know what they're suppose to do before I start trying to buy one.

Given the means some people will go to just to get the materials to make them, I'd say they'd either have to extend life, or erection duration.

they make albinos dissapear! well, at least their heads and limbs ;)

[Ziegler]

I heard it was Bushes fault...and Obama will make them stop.

[Kheiron]

they make albinos dissapear! well, at least their heads and limbs ;)

Pfft, I can do that myself.

[GFH_Spike]

I feel physically ill from reading that. I've had friends that have had children in their family die. I've had children in my family die. To laugh at this shit, it's truly terrible. the title made you giggle? Go to hell.

Be less sensitive to the opinion of others. You'll enjoy life more than you otherwise would.

[vaier]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

+30 health
+3 to maximum speed, temporary
+12 to unintelligence, temporary

Duh.

[Marrik]

I heard it was Bushes fault...and Obama will make them stop.

kind of like how the genocide in Rwanda stopped after Kanye West expressed his dissaproval?

[Kheiron]

Tanzanian officials say witch doctors are now marketing albino skin, bones and hair as ingredients in potions that are promised to make people rich.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/08/africa/tanzania.php?page=1

It works too I expect. The witch doctors get rich at least.

[Bissen]

WTB magic albino potion. Bid - 2 GP

[Nexus]

Will saying "sounds hot" get me infraction points?

[chimp]

i cant believe i missed that.

Woudnt worry about it, they are both going down for a long long time, and we all know what happens to people like that in prison (child abusers).

He wont be such a tough guy when hes being shanked and raped at the same time.

[Mordhak]

The potion cures aids, duh.

[Kekshorts]

The potion cures aids, duh.
If it did, do you think the world would cultivate albino's like we do cows until it was eradicated from the earth? I wonder how quickly morality would get shoved under the rug for people to get what they wanted.

[ejnomad07]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

Make you an albino. :lmao:

[Temet nosce]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

Yeah, shit I'm curious to. Marrik's the only one who comes up with this shit.

[Marrik]

The potion cures aids, duh.

but why would they need magic potions for that, when they can just rape a virgin?




and the story doesnt say what they do, just that people sell albino body parts to make "magic potions"

[Hyster]

So anyway do we have bids? Come on try your luck and brake a leg

im going to hell

[zie]

What do these potions do ? :D

[Hyster]

What do these potions do ? :D

SoW

[Feyrband]

wonder what the potions are supposed to do

hair straightener








<edit> damn, good one hyster

[Gloomrender]

SoW

LOL

You nerd...

I don't know who's nerdier, you for coming up with that, or me for knowing what it means.

[Xtra-Medium]

awesome. i saw a black albino once irl. it makes sense that ritual medicine would use albino people in africa where they had never seen a person with white skin they must have thought them supernatural.

[Hyster]

LOL

You nerd...

I don't know who's nerdier, you for coming up with that, or me for knowing what it means.

sorry old habits, was a cat shaman pushed out at least 500 a month SoW pot's and thats a lot for someone that hates crafting

[Attau]

I would be lost and without pertinent information about existence without these stories Marrik. Thank you.

[Medieval]

The long term effects of colonialism at its finest, made possible by natural human stupidity.
They are building democracy now. And you know what is "African democracy" means? "Hey, i'm free from those freaking colonists! Now as a free person i can not to go to work if i want! I'd better shoot someone with AK-47, smoke some weed, drink some whiskey, f*ck some chicks, steal some money from tourists! Yeah, i'm a free citizen of democratic country!".
There are very few percentage of people in Africa (at least in central part) who really want to do and achieve something for themselves and for their countries. Others prefer not to do anything (couz they are mostly lazy by nature) and just "enjoy life in democracy".

[katahlyn]

So, where did they setup their shop? :D

[Kusghuul]

"Bring out dead, bring out your dead!"

[Duncandun]

...countries. Others prefer not to do anything (couz they are mostly lazy by nature)...

how did this get by the mods? rofl