By AFPMore by this AuthorDar es SalaamA Tanzanian man has been arrested for selling his six-year-old daughter to be killed so that her body parts could be used in a potion to make him rich, police said Saturday. A police statement said that the child, Rose Japhet, was killed last week and her body found in Mbeya, a region that has been hit by a spate of ritual killings of children. "The body was found decapitated and with the right foot amputated," said the statement, adding the foot was found buried nearby. The father of the deceased took his daughter to a businessman for USD2,000 (Sh200,000) for her to be killed and her right foot amputated." Mbeya is near the region of Njombe, where at least 10 children aged between two and 10 years old were found dead in January in what local media reported were ritual killings.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2019 04:52 UTC