Uganda: Circumcision Saves Kidnapped Masaka Boy From Ritual Murder

22 September 2016

Kampala — Police at Kira Division in Wakiso District have taken custody of a boy who says he was abducted from Masaka District for ritual sacrifice, but dumped in Kampala's Ntinda suburb when his captors found he was circumcised.

"The kidnappers found I was circumcised and said I am not fit for their ritual purpose," the 14-year-old Ivan Kafeero, a Muslim, told police.

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