Zambia: Mob Kills, Buries Man Accused of Witchcraft

A seventy-two year old man of Kabende Village in Chief Kasoma Bangweulu in Samfya has been killed and buried by a mob that suspected him of practising witchcraft. Muchinga Kabali was killed on Sunday February 24.

Luapula Province Police chief Malcolm Mulenga said Mr Kabali was suspected of changing into a crocodile which was terrorising and killing people in the area. When police officers rushed to the village, they found the mob had dispersed and the body of Mr Kabali was already buried by the same mob.

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