Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death

Reuters ^ | Oct. 10, 2003 | unknown staff

[wildbill]

Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death Fri October 10, 2003 10:53 AM ET BANJUL (Reuters) - A 28-year-old man accused of stealing a man's penis through sorcery was beaten to death in the West African country of Gambia on Thursday, police said. A police spokesman told Reuters that Baba Jallow was killed by about 10 people in the town of Serekunda, nine miles from the capital Banjul.

Reports of penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, with purported victims claiming that alleged sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear in order to extort cash in the promise of a cure.

The police spokesman said many men in Serekunda were now afraid to shake hands, and he urged people not to believe reports of "vanishing" genitals. Belief in sorcery is widespread in West Africa.

Seven alleged penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs in Ghana in 1997.

[wildbill]

Perp was beaten to death. Quite rightly, say I. Probably too good for the little bugger.

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Hi mom!

[IronJack]

Seven alleged penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs in Ghana in 1997.

How would the planet be any the worse if these sub-humans were simply eradicated?

[dagnabbit]

[mhking]

OUCH!!!!!!

Just damn.

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[Akira]

Genital shrinkage is one thing (see George Costanza), but outright disappearance? I'd say that's an offense rightly punishable by death.

Thanks for bringing the plight of those terrorized by penis snatchers to the forefront. We all know CNN won't give it the attention it deserves.

[lavrenti]

Do you think the witch doctor was cold-cocked?

[Argh]

Don't, er, come to this thread, I'm not sure it's, um, up your alley...

[Puddleglum]

They were all stumped until they realized a witch doctor was involved...

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

alleged sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear

Who is Hillary Clinton, Alex?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Penis shrinking...... in Africa they have witchdoctors to do the trick - in American we have the Mother-in-Law

[keithtoo]

That's why penis-snatchers are so rare here in the US.....they know what would happen to them.

[Argh]

Hahahaha, good one!

[fightu4it]

I'm confused. In order to achieve our goal of cultural diversity in the U.S. do we grant visas to the victims, the penis snatchers, or both?

[ElkGroveDan]

Honest honey, mine was thiiiiiiiiiis long before the witch doctor got involved.

[ppaul]

Too bad they killed this guy.
He could have cleaned-up by starting a "non-profit" NGO touting a novel AIDS prevention program and tapped into the bottomless pockets of US taxpayers through the $15 million dollar cash pipeline President Bush has earmarked for AIDS prevention in Africa.

[Dog Gone]

I've been trying to organize a mob to stone my mother-in-law for years, but I could never come up with a good reason to motivate them.

Now I do.

[maxamillion]

Whats the charge here in the US? If its not death, it might be worth it to me...

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ping!