Burundi shock: 4-year-old albino killed and dismembered – His bones removed and dismembered

The corpse of a little one albinojust 4 years old, who was abducted on Saturday from Bujumbura, his largest city Burundiwas found dismembered today in the northeastern part of the country.

“A little one albinowhose name was Abdul and he was 4 years old, was abducted on Saturday afternoon by a group of three killers in a taxi, while playing with other children Albinos sans frontières (ASF) spokesman Sandrak Nahumouremi told AFP on the outskirts of Bujumbura.

The kidnappers then, according to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, headed to the province of Cancuzo, 230 km from Bujumbura, where they killed and “dismembered” the body of the little boy, described Nahumouremi and an administrator. an area official, who did not want to be named.

“Abdul was killed, then his tormentors cut off his arms and legs before removing his bones and splitting them. “Then they went to dump his remains in a forest in the Kigamba community on Sunday,” the official explained.

“A child guarding a herd saw them and alerted the authorities, which allowed the arrest of two of the three criminals, each of whom was carrying the child’s bones in a backpack,” he said.

In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, albino people are hunted and killed, and their limbs and organs are removed to be used for magic rituals that are supposed to bring wealth and fortune.

About 20 albino people have been killed in Burundi since 2008 and their bones have been sold in Tanzania, where such rituals are common, an administrative source said.

Source: News Beast

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