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Five-year-old boy mutilated before human sacrifice

A five-year-old boy was kidnapped and sacrificed at Dhuranbigaha village in India.
Vikas Kumar, the son of a labourer, was allegedly thrown into a brick kiln fire after his eyes were pierced, tongue and ears cut off and throat slit.
Two kiln workers, one of them a tantrik, had gone around the village saying they were looking for a healthy male goat to sacrifice to keep the kiln fire burning.
Vikas was found to be missing on February 5 and was probably killed on the evening of February 9. His body was recovered from under a haystack by villagers two days later.

Organ traffickers 'threaten' nuns

Four Catholic nuns in Mozambique say they have received death threats after exposing an organ trafficking network allegedly operating in northern Mozambique.
The traffickers are said to target the sex organs of children, which are sold to make magic charms.
The nuns say they have spoken to victims who managed to escape and photos of dead children with missing organs.
Ritual murders have been reported in many African countries, as some witchdoctors say using human organs in magic charms makes them more powerful, bringing financial or sexual success to those who use them.
The organs are reportedly smuggled into neighbouring Zimbabwe and South Africa.