The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
James Lanka
3 November 2009
Moshi — Police in Moshi are holding a middle aged suspect over allegations of murdering a relative and eating part of the deceased organs in a bizarre incident on Sunday.
The Kilimanjaro police boss, Lucas Ngh'oboko, confirmed the incident yesterday and said the suspect was under police surveillance at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) referral hospital where he is admitted.
According to Ngh'oboko, the suspect who is believed to be aged 35-40 years was rescued from irate members of the public who wanted to lynch him following the murder at Kibosho-Kindi village in Moshi rural. The killing took place at about 10 am Sunday.
He said the suspect killed his clan member using an axe for reasons that are not known. He then proceeded to open his guts and chopped off intestines and the penis and ate pieces of flesh from the organs.
Shocked members of the public who arrived at the scene as the suspect ate the meat descended on him with the intention of killing him but quick intervention by the police saved him from their wrath.
"We were shocked to see him eat the intestines and the other piece of flesh from the penis. Other people who could not understand the bizarre occurrence ran away but some descended on him with all manner of missiles," one villager who did not want his name mentioned told reporters who also rushed to the scene.
Others claimed the suspect once killed a dog and also ate its flesh.
Police said the deceased was ambushed outside the suspect house as he proceeded to his own house not far from the scene. He died on the spot due to serious injuries inflicted by the suspect.
The deceased's body is at KCMC mortuary.
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