1. Poliice Arrest Two Journalists
   March 14, 2006
    

Zimbabwe ^{(2 cases registered here)}

1. A HURUNGWE man last Tuesday reportedly teamed up with three other men and killed his nine-year-old son for ritual purposes at the behest of a businessman who had paid him
   $400 000. Bignose Wireless (27) of Murindika Village under Chief Dandawa in Hurungwe allegedly killed his son with the help of Takaedza Masunda (29), Samuel Mazheke (37) and Everson Major (27) in cold blood after receiving the money as part payment from an unidentified Karoi businessman.
   June 26, 2007
   THE report about a Hurungwe man who allegedly teamed up with three others to murder his nine-year-old son for ritual purposes was shocking. The body of Ronald Wireless was found with the right ear missing five days after his father had reported him missing at Magunje Police Station. A Karoi businessman, who is yet to be named, is said to have made a $400 000 down payment for body parts.
   June 27, 2007
    
2. Zimbabwean law and witchcraft
   Killing someone for ritual purposes is murder, for example, and many have been hanged after being found guilty of murder, rather than of witchcraft. Unfortunately, the advisor of the killer, and the person who processes body parts obtained from murder, has usually escaped punishment. Even suggesting that this person was a witch was a criminal offence.
   March 3, 2006
    

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