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Tanzania: Tanzania Charges Mob With Killing, Burning Five 'Witches'
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 August 2017
A Tanzanian court has charged 32 people with murder after five women suspected of witchcraft were beaten to death, and their corpses burned, in a move which could help to deter… Read more »
Tanzanian Court Charges 32 with Murder After 5 Women Killed
A Tanzanian court has charged 32 people with murder after five women accused of "witchcraft" were beaten to death, and their corpses burned. It is the first time a group has been charged with witch killings, said Athanasia Soka, chairwoman of the Tanzania Women Lawyers Association.
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Tanzania: Five Women Die in Rising Wave of Tanzanian 'Witch Killings'
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 31 July 2017
Thousands of elderly Tanzanian women have been strangled, knifed to death and burned alive over the last two decades after being denounced as witches Read more »
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Tanzania: 5 Women Killed On Suspicion of Being Witches
Citizen, 27 July 2017
Four bodies of women have been burnt beyond recognition and one woman beaten up to death by unidentified assailants after they suspected them of being witches. Read more »
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Tanzania: Areas Which Led in Witchcraft-Related Violence and Killings Named
Citizen, 10 May 2017
Tabora, Mbeya and Shiyanga are among the 11 regions of Tanzania Mainland with a high incidence of witchcraft-related violence and killings, a recent report on the state of human… Read more »
