Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers in mid April who were accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynching triggered by the alleged witchcraft.
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.
Rumors of penis theft began circulating in early April in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo’s sprawling capital of some 8 million inhabitants.
Purported victims claimed that sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear, in what some residents said was an attempt to extort cash with the promise of a cure. [Reuters]
This is just so bizarre.
lol this news is really unique !!! ahaha~ makes me laugh
geee~ lol this is just soo hilarious !!! i cant even believed this is true !!!
like witchcraft still exists these days…but then again sad for those who victims….
anyways long time no talk “yummy” lol im kinda used of calling you that so i hope you dont mind^_^
Nice to see you here farah… yeinjee or yummy… it doesn’t really matter.
Frankly, I find it a bit hard to believe. In fact the Congo polices were not taking the penis theft rumour seriously, but were taking precaution methods to prevent public panic and bloodshed instead.
I don’t understand Africans !!!!!!!
this is just stupid .
so superstitious ……
this sounds ridiculous.
when i saw the word “sorcerers”, i was thinking harry potter, lol.
Imagine the P shrinking sorcery appearing in Harry Potter movies… that would be so funny lol.
Speaking of superstition, it doesn’t just happen in Africa… we can still read some bizarre incidents in modern countries these days.