Law enforcement shoot dead 14 people today and wound 28 in Madagascar as they open up hearth on crowd protesting the kidnapping of an albino youngster
Law enforcement in Madagascar have shot useless at minimum 14 men and women and wounded 28 others just after opening hearth on a crowd of protesters angered at the kidnapping of an albino kid.
Offended villagers had been contacting for the heads of the 4 suspects arrested last week over the kidnap in the southeastern town of Ikongo.
When they attempted to storm the police station, officers opened fireplace, putting dozens.
‘The gendarmes… fired on the group,’ neighborhood lawmaker Jean-Brunelle Razafintsiandraofa in the southeastern city of Ikongo explained to AFP.
Community medical doctor Tango Oscar Toky mentioned ‘nine persons died on the spot’ and a different 5 died later on in clinic.
Men and women with albinism are considered to have mystical powers by a lot of in Madagascar.
Mainly because of the superstition, their human body components can be marketed for 1000’s of bucks and they are normally focused in ritual killings.
Some believe that owning sex with an albino female can also cure AIDS.
