Thursday, May 13, 2004
People Killed for Their Skin in Tanzania
from BBC News: "Tanzania fights human skinning"
... the underground trade in human skin which has hit southern Tanzania over the past two years.
The head of the forensic science division in the chief chemist's office [said] that the human skin is used in witchcraft.
According to police the skins are in huge demand outside Tanzania.
They are transported to Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo before reaching their final destination in West Africa.
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In 2001 police broke a skin-smuggling ring and 13 people were charged with murder.
A total of six young people are thought to have been killed and skinned in the Mbeya region of south-western Tanzania.
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The prices of the human skins range from $2,400 to $9,600, depending on the age of the victim, police say.
from BBC News: "Tanzania fights human skinning"
... the underground trade in human skin which has hit southern Tanzania over the past two years.
The head of the forensic science division in the chief chemist's office [said] that the human skin is used in witchcraft.
According to police the skins are in huge demand outside Tanzania.
They are transported to Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo before reaching their final destination in West Africa.
...
In 2001 police broke a skin-smuggling ring and 13 people were charged with murder.
A total of six young people are thought to have been killed and skinned in the Mbeya region of south-western Tanzania.
...
The prices of the human skins range from $2,400 to $9,600, depending on the age of the victim, police say.
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