SALDANHA BAY, South Africa - A South African court on Thursday sentenced a woman to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter, in a case that horrified the country.
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  • alleycat@feddit.orgEnglish
    1 year

    The child had albinism. There are known cases in other African countries where people with albinism have been killed and their bodyparts been used for “witchcraft” purposes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_albinism)

    But it took a turn when prosecutors alleged that Smith sold her daughter to a traditional healer, who was interested in her eyes and fair complexion.

    I think that implies that the child was literally butchered and its bodyparts sold.

    • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.eeEnglish
      1 year

      If you google the kid she definitely doesn’t have albinism. Which makes it even weirder that she was sold for body parts.