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Malawi priest sentenced for brutal murder of albino

July 01, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: Father Thomas Muhosha was sentenced to 30 years in prison with hard labor for his role in the brutal murder of an albino.

The southeastern African nation (map) has experienced “a wave of assaults over several years against albinos whose body parts are used in witchcraft rituals in the mistaken belief that they bring wealth and luck,” Agence France-Presse earlier reported.

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