Malawi Police Warns Against Killings of Albinos
The
Malawi Police Service has appealed to the members of the general public to
report any information leading to the arrests of people killing Albinos children’s.
In
the eastern region districts of Malawi particularly Zomba City, Mulanje,
Machinga and Phalombe several cases have been reported of either killings or missing
of children born albino.
Deputy
National Police Public Relations Officer Mable Msefula in an interview said police
are “condemning this unbecoming behavior” and sent a strong warning that the “law
shall take its course” on anyone found to be connected to such behavior as police
are urging the public to tip police on people suspected to be connected to such
behaviour.
“Right
now we are calling the general public to be alert and guard against such
conducts. They should report to police any information leading to arrest of anyone
they know practicing this behaviour” She appealed
“As
police we don’t condone such practice, right now there are several myths about
albinos but it is not true that albinos are what people think they are or are medication
of any kind, rather they are human beings like anybody else. Therefore this behavior
should not be tolerated in our society” she said
One
of the reported cases include Mr Baiton Makolija from Jali, Masale Village, T/A
Mwambo in Zomba who reported missing of his sister Marita Makolija who was
albino. He said Marita got missing between 17th and 18th January
this year. On Monday 19th January her clothes were spotted floating
in the water 500m away from her home and after search, dead body was discovered
in a newly dug pit near an anthill and was positively identified by the
reporter.
The
dead body had no head, legs and arms. Postmortem revealed that death was due to
excessive loss of blood. Two more cases of such nature were reported in Mulanje
and Machinga. In Machinga district police have managed to arrest two people who
are suspected to be behind the kidnapping of a two year old albino.
“We
are urging everyone in Malawi to let police know if anything relating to this malpractice
happens in their area. Let’s work together to ensure that albino children are
well protected” urged Msefula
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