BBC NEWS | UK | Boys ‘used for human sacrifice’ Without comment until they get to the bottom of this.
Children are being trafficked into the UK from Africa and used for human sacrifices, a confidential report for the Metropolitan Police suggests.
Children are being beaten and even murdered after being labelled as witches by pastors, the report leaked to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme said.
Police face a “wall of silence” in investigations because of fear and mistrust among the groups involved.
It follows the case of a girl tortured by her guardians for being a witch.
Three people, including the girl’s aunt, were convicted of trying to “beat the devil out of” the un-named 10-year-old – originally from Angola.
The report was commissioned by the Met after the death of Victoria Climbie in February 2000 and because of concerns over so-called faith crimes.
The police report describes how a number of fundamentalist sects believe powerful spells require the ritual killing of male children. It also discloses examples of African children being killed after being identified as “witches” by church pastors.
Police employed an expert social worker and a lawyer before opening what they describe as an open dialogue with African and Asian communities settled in London. Their findings in the report follow discussions with hundreds of such community groups in and around London.
The most gruesome examples of sacrifice come from the African community. One death of a young African boy — known as the Adam murder — whose body was found on the banks of the Thames is believed to have been a ritualistic killing.
The report talks of rituals and witchcraft being practised in London churches and is described as big business.
I picked up on these stories in the UK press a year or so ago — and passed the links along to a couple of US police departments with similar crimes.
AFAIK they did nothing with it.
I heard the BBC interview with the report’s author. I was reminded very much of similar stories about satanic abuse from a few years back.
I can’t say none of this stuff goes on but the quotes I heard sounded like the authors being told what they wanted to hear then concluding that more (paid for) investigation is needed.
I’m not sure whether I hope I’m right (and none of this happens) or wrong and it does happen and some thing will be done.
As long as they don’t sacrifice blue eyed, blond haired, slim but athletic white (and upperclass) boys the police will not do a gawd damn thing about it.
Does this remind any one of the Ku Klux Klan’s description of ‘Niggers have no souls’. The idea of killing because of your faith is sick and wrong. I can understand the difference of cultures and religions and I don’t believe of discrimination because of your race or faith but, when you kill some one and it isn’t self-defense, you have just committed a moral crime.