Murdered for Their Eyes: People with Albinism Living in Terror in Madagascar
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In Africa, some people, especially children, are dying because of their eyes. It's not because they're dying from disease; smugglers are cutting off their heads and taking them away.
A record 13 people with albinism have been killed in Madagascar this year, 10 of them children.
Born the color of snow in a sun-scorched land, children with albinism in Madagascar struggle not only with their blurred vision and… Born Targets: Murdered for their eyes – The nightmare of albino children in Madagascar - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
In Madagascar, people with albinism are kidnapped and murdered due to superstitious beliefs that their body parts bring luck and wealth. At least 13 people, mostly children, have died in these attacks this year. People with albinism, killed for their different eye colors and other body parts, live in fear in the country. In Toliara, in the south of the country, 18-month-old Landricia was forcibly torn from her mother's back and abducted.
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The country is struggling to address a rise in attacks, with a record 13 people – mostly children – killed this year for body parts, which some believe can bring good fortune Not long after midnight in late May this year, three men barged through the door of the small room where Nicole Soalala lived…
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