Child soldiers in Congo were drinking the blood of their victims in a magic ritual meant to make them invincible, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights warned on Friday.
The Kamuina Nsapu militia, which regularly stages attacks in the central Kasai region, largely used boys and girls as fighters, many of them between the ages of 7 and 13, the report said.
As part of the ritual, groups of girls shook their straw skirts and drank the victims’ blood.
According to the UN, most residents were convinced of the children’s magical powers, which created widespread fear


“This generalised belief … may partly explain why a poorly armed militia, composed to a large extent of children, has been able to resist offensives by a national army for over a year,” the report, which is based on interviews with 96 people who had fled the violence to neighbouring Angola, says.
The refugees also reported that local security forces and
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Child soldiers in Congo were drinking the blood of their victims in a magic ritual meant to make them invincible, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights warned on Friday.
The Kamuina Nsapu militia, which regularly stages attacks in the central Kasai region, largely used boys and girls as fighters, many of them between the ages of 7 and 13, the report said.
As part of the ritual, groups of girls shook their straw skirts and drank the victims’ blood.
According to the UN, most residents were convinced of the children’s magical powers, which created widespread fear


“This generalised belief … may partly explain why a poorly armed militia, composed to a large extent of children, has been able to resist offensives by a national army for over a year,” the report, which is based on interviews with 96 people who had fled the violence to neighbouring Angola, says.
The refugees also reported that local security forces and
details..................@
https://emagloaded..com.ng/2017/08/child-soldiers-in-congo-drink-victims_53.html