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Tanzania police arrested over 'witchcraft killing' riot

dynamicafrica:

Four Tanzanian police officers have been detained after two people were killed during a protest over alleged witchcraft killings.

A regional commander told the BBC that police had opened fire in the south-eastern town of Songea to stop an angry crowd from smashing public property.

The protesters said not enough had been done to find those behind the recent killing of six women.

Police deny the murders were done to obtain body parts for witchcraft use.

The women killed in the Songea area were not believed to be albinos.

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