Human Cannibalism is the act of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings.

The origin of cannibalism can be traced back to The Island Carib people of the Lesser Antilles, from whom the word cannibalism was derived. Cannibalism has been practiced in Recent years and is still being practiced in some places around the world.

At Naijatoptens we have made a top 10 list of cannibalism act that have occurred Most recently around the world in the 21st century.

#1. Armin Meiwes

Armin Meiwes (born 1 December 1961) is a German computer repair technician who killed and ate a voluntary victim whom he had found through the Internet.

On March 2001 in Germany, Armin Meiwes posted an Internet ad seeking a young man willing to be slaughtered and eaten. Bernd Jürgen Brandes accepted to be used. Meiwes stabbed Brandes in the neck with a kitchen knife, kissing him first, then chopped him up into several pieces. He placed several pieces of Brandes in the freezer. Over the next few weeks, Meiwes defrosted and cooked parts of Brandes in olive oil and garlic and eventually consumed about 20 kg of the volunteer’s flesh. Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter in 2004 and was in 2006 sentenced to life imprisonment.

#2. Big Lurch

Big Lurch, is a former American rapper whose original name is Antron Singleton. He was born on September 15, 1976.

In a 2003 the rap artist was convicted of the murder and partial consumption of an acquaintance while both were under the influence of phencycilidine (PCP).

The victim was found in her apartment by a friend. Her chest had been torn open and a three-inch blade was found broken off in her scapula. Teeth marks were found on her face and on her lungs, which had been torn from her chest. A medical examination performed shortly after his capture found human flesh in his stomach that was not his own.

The victim Tynisha Ysais was the Girlfriend of his friend.

#3. Peter Bryan

In February 2004, Peter Bryan (39years) from East London was caught after he killed his friend Brian Cherry and ate parts of his brain, fried in butter. He had been arrested for murder previously, but was released shortly before this act was committed. While on trial for the murder of Cherry, Bryan was sentenced to life imprisonment, despite his claim of diminished responsibility. This jail term was later reduced to 15 years.

#4. Özgür Dengiz

On September 14, 2007, a Turkish serial killer Özgür Dengiz was arrested in Ankara, the Turkish capital, after killing and eating a man. After cutting slices of flesh from his victim’s body, Dengiz distributed some to dogs on the street, He ate some of the man’s flesh raw on his way home and placed the remaining parts of the body in the freezer.

#5. The murder of Tim McLean

On July 30, 2008, McLean a Canadian man (22years) was sleeping with his headphones on when the man sitting next to him, Vincent Li, suddenly produced a large knife and began stabbing McLean in the neck and chest. The attacker then decapitated McLean, severed other body parts, and consumed some of McLean’s flesh.

The attacker, Vincent Weiguang Li was born in Dandong, Liaoning, China, on April 30, 1968. In 1992, Li graduated from University of Wuhan Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in computers.

After trial in 2009, Vincent was found not mentally fit and has been remanded to the Selkirk Mental Health Center.

#6. The Crossbow Cannibal

A PhD student Stephen Griffiths from Bradford, England, killed and ate three prostitutes between April and May 2010.

The three women killed by him were 43-year-old Susan Rushworth, 31-year-old Shelley Armitage and 36-year-old Suzanne Blamires. Stephen Shaun Griffiths, 40, also known as the crossbow cannibal was arrested on 24 May and subsequently charged with killing the three women. After being found guilty, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

#7. Pakistan Brothers who ate dead bodies

In April 2011, in the town of Darya Khan, Punjab, Pakistan, brothers Arif Ali and Farman Ali were arrested for eating a human corpse stolen from a grave. They were cooking body parts for a meal when arrested; the police also recovered remains of human body parts from their house. The brothers were released from jail in 2013; however, in April 2014, they were once again discovered to be making curry out of the body of a two- to three-year-old child presumed to have been stolen from a graveyard. Horrible!

#8. Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno Eating Thier Own Flesh in Public

Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno, the two presenters at Dutch TV ate each other’s flesh on air in December 2011. They were filmed having a piece of their muscle tissue surgically removed, which was then fried and eaten in front of a studio audience.

#9. Mao Sugiyama cooked and served his own genitals

A Japanese Model Mao Sugiyama while trying to promote asexuality and gender equality, had his genitals and nipples removed surgically on march 31, 2012 (his 22nd birthday).

He then organized an event where he cooked and served the genitals with button mushrooms and Italian parsley to the public for 100,000 yen.

About 70 people attended this event, but only about five people ate the human flesh served. Others dinned on crocodile and beef.

#10. Yoo Young-chul

Yoo Young-chul (born April 18, 1970) is a South Korean serial killer and cannibal who between 2003–2004, murdered a total of 21 people, eating the livers of several of his victims. His victims were mainly wealthy old men and prostitutes.

He explained his motive for killing saying “Women shouldn’t be sluts, and the rich should know what they’ve done.”

On December 31st, 2004, he was sentenced to death after several previous jail terms.

More: Top 10 Things About Everything

..

geez

Jesus!