Grave robbers steal albino body in Zambia
Suspected "ritual killers" in Western Zambia have exhumed
and stolen the body of an albino, reports the state owned Times of Zambia.
Police have so far caught one suspect and are hunting for
two others, the paper adds.
The suspected grave robbers are believed to have
exhumed the body of an albino person, who was buried in 2016.
The newspaper did not say whether the person was male or female, or how old they were when they died.
However, it said that relatives of the
deceased noticed on Sunday that the grave had been tampered with and reported
the matter to the police.
Police instituted investigations and found that the
casket together with the body, were missing.
Western Province Police Commissioner Charles Lungu said
investigations revealed that the deceased was buried on 4 August, 2016.
Ritual
killings in Zambia are less common than in some other African
countries, but in common with those areas, some Zambians believe albino
body parts can be used for rituals to create wealth.
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