/ 1 November 2000

TWO ARRESTED FOR CANNIBALISM

TWO mentally retarded men were arrested in the Northern Province this week after police caught one of them cooking a human liver and thumb over a campfire. The body of a 56-year-old man reported missing 11 days previously was found in a shallow grave about 20 metres from the scene. Police said that while searching the area after the first arrest, a second man, also mentally retarded, arrived at the scene. He tried to run away when he saw the police, but was caught and also arrested. Police are concerned that more people had been killed as the liver and thumb were still fresh. – AFP