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An albino boy was killed and dismembered in an alleged magical ritual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The body was found without a head and legs, authorities said. | Fountain: AFP / Reference

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A albino child Authorities said a five-year-old child was killed and dismembered in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The body was found on Wednesday in the Kalehe district of South Kivu, a province on the border with Rwanda And Burundisaid local government spokesman Archimedes Karkhebwa.

He added that the boy was found without a head and legs.

Juvenal Lushule, coordinator of APIA, an albino association from South Kivu, said that since 2009, 18 albinos They died under similar circumstances in the area.

magical rituals

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries AfricaAlbinos are attacked by the belief that their bodies can be used in magical rituals to attract wealth and good luck.

Albinism is an inherited genetic disorder that causes a complete lack of pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair. (AFP)


Source: RPP

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