Police in Mozambique have warned bald men that they could be at risk of attack after a spate of killings thought to be motivated by a local belief that their hairless heads contain gold.
It was gathered that two people have been arrested in the central province of Zambezia over the deaths of three men, one of whom was decapitated and had his organs removed.
Per the reports, the suspects are two young Mozambicans aged around 20.
The suspects told detectives that they were working on commission from clients in Malawi and Tanzania, who wanted to get rich with the help of witchcraft, according to The Times report.
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The BBC’s Jose Tembe in the capital, Maputo, reported that police think the notion of a bald head containing gold is a ruse by witchdoctors to get clients to take peoples head to them.
“Their motive comes from superstition and culture – the local community thinks bald individuals are rich,” Commander Dias is reported as having told a press conference in Maputo.
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