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.
    • alleycat@feddit.orgEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      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
        8·
        4 months ago

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