An albino girl from Swaziland has been shot dead and then beheaded for the sake of witchcraft, according to reports.
Banele Nxumalo, 11, was on her way home with friends, after washing clothes and bathing in a river, when she was grabbed by a man wearing a balaclava.
The attacker shot Banele in the back and then dragged her away, right in front of her friends.
A short time later the girl's headless body was found upriver, the UK Telegraph newspaper reports.
Police believe the murder is the latest in a series of ritualistic killings targeting albinos in Sub-Saharan Africa.
People living with the rare skin pigmentation apparently are concentrated in this part of the world.
But they often fall prey to human traffickers because black magic practitioners use their blood and body parts for good luck potions.
One such witch doctor was jailed in Tanzania last week for abducting and attempting to sell a live albino man.
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