Penis theft panic leads to thirteen arrests

by GD Fri 25 Apr 2008, 6:16 pm

Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers, after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings over the alleged of using black magic to steal men's penises.

Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, and where ritual killings to obtain blood or body parts still occur.

Rumours of penis theft began circulating last week in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital of some 8 million inhabitants.

They quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of fellow passengers in communal taxis wearing gold rings.

Anybody starts any Voodo on here they are barred..lol