An Albino school girl was saved from a Malawian teacher who allegedly tried to sell her for 10,000 dollars. The police arrested the teacher while in a deal with a Tanzanian businessman in Mzuzu, Malawi.
Phillip Ngulube, a primary teacher, was charged with abduction with intent to murder. The girl was likely to be killed for her body parts, in superstitious belief that has led to a rise of albino’s deaths in the country.
Absence of a pigmentation that is present in most people is what causes albinos to have white skins and yellow hair.
At least nine albinos have been killed in Malawi since December last year according to the United Nations. A number of Malawians have been accused of crimes related to albinos, and are awaiting charges. These crimes include murder, abduction and found in possession of albino bones.
The government of Malawi launched a probe into the crimes against albino in June; the report is yet to be published.
