DOI Apr 22, 2008
KINSHASA (REUTERS)--Police in Kinshasa arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises. Rumors of penis theft started getting around last week in Kinshasa, DR Congo's sprawling capital, leading to a rash of beatings and attempted lynchings. Penis theft panic quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of fellow passengers in communal taxis wearing gold rings. Victims claimed that sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear, in an attempt to extort cash for a cure. "We've had a number of attempted lynchings. ... You see them covered in marks after being beaten," Kinshasa's police chief, Jean-Dieudonne Oleko, told Reuters. Some Kinshasa residents accuse a separatist sect from nearby Bas-Congo province of being behind the witchcraft in revenge for a recent government crackdown on their members. Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2290323220080422?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 (Reliability: 9)
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