10 Children Killed in Suspected Ritual Murders in Tanzania

Parents in Njombe are calling for the government to intervene and ensure that children are safe after ten children aged between three and six years were brutally killed in January. Some of the children's bodies found in different parts of the city had reproductive and respiratory organs chopped off in killings linked to superstitious beliefs.

Police line. Crime scene tape.

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