Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capitalOddly enough, I think my oldest friend Jones was in Kinshasa at the time this was happening. Hmmm... I'd better ask him what exactly he was doing there. He claimed it was some sort of humanitarian TV work. I can't believe I believed him.
Wed 23 Apr 2008, 2:57 GMT
KINSHASA, April 22 (Reuters Life!) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings 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.
Rumours of penis theft began circulating last week in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo's sprawling capital of some 8 million inhabitants. They quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of fellow passengers in communal taxis wearing gold rings.
Purported victims, 14 of whom were also detained by police, 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.
More to come on this, I'm sure.
p.s. Here, as evidence, is a picture of Jones with my sister. Look how shifty he looks. I think he must have been trying to shrink my John Thomas with some sort of evil witchcraft spell. I knew something was wrong with that night. I just couldn't put my finger on it.
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