6 years old Baraka Cosmas, an albino had an extremely horrible experience of life when some hired men invaded his parents home and hacked off his arm for ritual purpose in Tanzania, DailyMail reports.

The men even beat up Cosmas and his mother, Prisca Shaaban so badly that they were both hospitalised.

Cosmas’ case makes it the third in three months that such case is recorded against albonos in the country.

18-month-old Yohana Bahati was snatched from his home less than a month ago and his mutilated body was found a few days later, while 4-year-old Pendo Emmanuelle Nandi was taken at the end of December but has never been seen again.

The use of albino parts for ritual is believed to give them magical properties and said to bring wealth and luck.

Jonathan Beale, managing director of Standing Voice, a charity working to protect Tanzania’s albinos, says until these people are rooted out, government efforts to curb the attacks and killings are likely to have little impact.

“This most recent tragic attack serves to remind us that current responses from the government, police force and justice system are not sufficient and do not target the heart of this crisis.

“Sadly what we see from the government are measures which react to this crisis in a surface level fashion. We call for a criminal investigation beyond the hired assailant or witchdoctor, and the gathering of thorough evidence on those involved at higher levels of this absurd trade.

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