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In bewildering news today, three men slit the throats and dismembered the bodies of a pair of Tanzanian women. One was in her 80s and the other, her 45-year-old daughter.

According to local police chief Justus Kamugisha, the neighbor suspected of carrying out the attack believed the two had made him unable to have sex. In other words, he thought they were witches who exercised black magic on his manhood.

One 40-year-old man (who also accused the women of poisoning his mother last year), has been arrested.

Via RawStory:

“The victims were attacked as they were about to take their evening meal,” Kamugisha said.

The attack follows the killing last week of seven people in a separate attack in western Tanzania, burned alive in their huts, who were also accused of witchcraft.

The center said that many local people believe that witchcraft is behind every misfortune — from infertility and poverty to failure in business.

Past attacks have included a series of bloody assaults against albinos, as well as against young children.

It’s worth noting that, according to reports, Tanzanian albinos are killed and dismembered due to a “widespread belief that charms made from their body parts bring good fortune and prosperity.”

It’s hard out here in these East African villages.

Photo: WENN