10,000 east Africa albinos in hiding from albino hunters

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As many as 10,000 albinos are in hiding in east Africa over fears that they will be dismembered and their body parts sold to witchdoctors, the Red Cross said in a recent report.

The killings of albinos in Burundi and Tanzania, who are targeted because their body parts are believed to have special powers, have sparked fears among the population in the two countries, the report said.

Body parts of albinos are sought in some regions of Africa because they are believed to bring wealth and good luck. Attackers chop off limbs and pluck out organs to sell to dealers, who in turn sell them to witchdoctors.

Scores of albinos have fled to Tanzanian schools for the disabled or in emergency shelters set up by police in Burundi to avoid attacks, according to the report.

"Thousands more albinos across a huge swathe of countryside ... are unable to move freely to trade, study or cultivate fields for fear of albino hunters," the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/29...inos/index.html

[Nagishkaw 510]

This is nothing new, I'm afraid.

[Niels Bohr 72]

This is why science should be taught to everybody!

[BishopMnA 0]

This is why science should be taught to everybody!

...and a religion that doesn't teach witchcraft stufffffffzz...

[Amby 490]

ooooh interesting. I was going to ask why, but after reading I understand. don't know if witchdoctors are for me

[almaty 19]

#######? ,,,,i always wondered what happen to the Winter brothers...

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This is why science should be taught to everybody!

Scientists lie too. See Climategate.