Madagascar police kill 14, injure 28 after albino kidnapping: Sources

ANTANANARIVO - Police in Madagascar killed at least 14 people on Monday and wounded 28 others as they opened fire on what they called a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child.

Doctor Tango Oscar Toky, chief physician of the Ikongo hospital, told AFP"nine people died on the spot" and another five died later in hospital.Mr Razafintsiandraofa said an angry crowd gathered outside the local police station demanding officers release four kidnapping suspects arrested on Sunday so they could inflict mob justice.

"They continued to force their way through... We had no choice but to defend ourselves," the police officer said. Some sub-Saharan African countries have suffered a wave of assaults against people with albinism, whose body parts are sought for witchcraft practices in the mistaken belief that they bring luck and wealth.

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