# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRcg5MbEguw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37304820-bbcnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5bd5b83265.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-24T16:15:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

In Sierra Leone, many families have been left traumatised by killings apparently linked to supposed magic rituals and the trade of human body parts.
 
These murders take place so that body parts can be used in so-called magic rituals by illicit juju practitioners - who promise things like prosperity and power to clients who pay large sums in the false belief that human body parts can make such charms more potent.
 
But with the authorities severely under-resourced - there is only one pathologist in a country that has a population of 8.9 million - it is often impossible to gather the evidence needed to track down the culprits.
 
Visit the BBC News website to find out more about this story.
 
#SierraLeone #BBCNews

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