350 slaughtered in `witch-hunt'

Dar Es Salaam - More than 350 people have been killed by angry villagers in Tanzania in the last 18 months after being accused…

Dar Es Salaam - More than 350 people have been killed by angry villagers in Tanzania in the last 18 months after being accused of being witches or wizards, according to a police report. The killings, which took place between January 1998 and May this year, mean that an average of 21 murders a month are linked to superstition, said the report.

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