We will not let people with albinism be killed like chickens – Police

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Lexten Kachama
Kachama says police will not relent to end albino attacks in Malawi.

Inspector General of Malawi Police Lexten Kachama has vowed that the law enforcers will not stay idle and watch people with albinism being killed like animals.

He made the assurance on Friday at Mitundu Trading Centre in Lilongwe during a sensitisation campaign which was organised by the Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (Apam).

Kachama said the cases of abductions and killings are increasing hence the police’s intervention is the only way to end the attacks.

“People with albinism have to enjoy human rights like any citizen in this country because everyone is a human being and it is not a crime to be a person with albinism,” he explained

Kachama however asked members of the public to work hand in hand with the security providers to end the attacks against people with albinism.

Since 2014, the abductions and killings of persons with albinism have been on the rise.

Even in 2017 when the situation was thought to have been contained, cases of rights violation against persons with albinism have continued to rise in parts of the country.