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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Under the Same Sun's Albinos Honour Roll

9 PERSONS WITH ALBINISM SURVIVE BRUTAL
MACHETE ATTACKS IN TANZANIA.


Emmanuel FESTO, age 7, survived a brutal machete attack on November 12,
2007. His arm was hacked off and the fingers of his remaining hand were also chopped
off. Emmanuel has been relocated to a safer place and is now attending a private
boarding school sponsored by the UTSS Education Scholarship Fund.
Emmanuel Festo
NOTE: Official reports indicate that between 2007 and 2010, 66 persons with albinism have
been brutally attacked; their body parts hacked off and sold to witchdoctors. Of the 66
attacks, 57 were murders and 9 are mutilated survivors. Leaders in the albinism
community believe the number of attacks & deaths is closer to 100 or...Check out the Story Here

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