They arrested one man who is believed to be a close relative of three of  the children, aged between two and nine years.

Four of the ten children kidnapped in Tanzania’s southwest area of Njomba  have been rescued.

They were taken while their parents were shopping at a night market.

Their abduction is linked to witchcraft.

Teeth, ears and privates  parts were removed.

This is not connected to the albino killings in Tanzania were body parts are sold in the belief that they pass good fortune to the possessors.

Police say they are both pursuing the perpetrators and are engaged in an education campaign persuading traditional healers not to deal in body  parts. 

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Police in the southern district of Nsanje, bordering Mozambique,  say the victims were allegedly carrying human bones for sorcery.

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Traditional chief Tengani says local people became suspicious due to the movements and telephone conversations of one of the seven men who was discovered with a bag containing the bones.

He was chased and arrested.

They rounded up six others and burned them one by one.

Police have made no arrests.

Officials are investigating whether the bones belonged to albinos, who  are killed regularly in some African countries including Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania for their body parts, which are used in witchcraft rituals.

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