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Two men thoroughly bashed for selling human hair to sangomas
15 Mar 2013 at 01:01hrs | Views
A wave of panic is gripping the city of Bulawayo following startling reports that two unidentified men cheated death by a whisker after they were brutally beaten by an angry mob that found them in possession of two bags full of human hair.
The bizarre incident which undoubtedly sends shivers down the spines of many who are visiting hair saloons for hair cuts occurred last Saturday evening at Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini.
The heart-throbbing occurrence came hardly a few weeks after reports that there were some people who were going around some city hair saloons allegedly collecting people's hair in exchange for money. Chilling reports gathered by our news crew are that human hair is in high demand mostly by traditional healers and prophets who were reportedly using it for rituals as well as to prepare charms for different purposes.
According to witnesses who spoke to our news crew, one of the heavily battered men confessed to the blood-thirsty mob that they were taking the hair to a traditional healer who reportedly wanted to use it during his healing sessions.
The daring mob, despite repeated pleas by the two men not to assault the, allegedly had none of it when they continued meting instant justice on the 'human hair vendors'. It was then gathered that the men had been in the unusual business for some time but lady luck ran out of them on the fateful day when some of the suspicious commuters requested to see what was inside their bags.
"Drama started after some suspicious commuters requested to see the two men's loot but at first they were evasive prompting the commuters to open the bags for themselves. They were shocked when they checked the contents in the bags and discovered that human hair was stashed inside. In no time a huge crowd had pounced on them and started questioning about the source and use of the hair," said a vendor who identified himself as Magaisa.
Another vendor who preferred anonymity said the men were taking the hair to prophets and sangomas for healing sessions.
"We later learnt that the two men were making a lot of money from the hair by selling it to prophets and sangomas as well as herbalists who are using it for healing purposes and I am also amazed that human hair is being used for healing purposes," she said.
The bizarre incident which undoubtedly sends shivers down the spines of many who are visiting hair saloons for hair cuts occurred last Saturday evening at Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini.
The heart-throbbing occurrence came hardly a few weeks after reports that there were some people who were going around some city hair saloons allegedly collecting people's hair in exchange for money. Chilling reports gathered by our news crew are that human hair is in high demand mostly by traditional healers and prophets who were reportedly using it for rituals as well as to prepare charms for different purposes.
According to witnesses who spoke to our news crew, one of the heavily battered men confessed to the blood-thirsty mob that they were taking the hair to a traditional healer who reportedly wanted to use it during his healing sessions.
"Drama started after some suspicious commuters requested to see the two men's loot but at first they were evasive prompting the commuters to open the bags for themselves. They were shocked when they checked the contents in the bags and discovered that human hair was stashed inside. In no time a huge crowd had pounced on them and started questioning about the source and use of the hair," said a vendor who identified himself as Magaisa.
Another vendor who preferred anonymity said the men were taking the hair to prophets and sangomas for healing sessions.
"We later learnt that the two men were making a lot of money from the hair by selling it to prophets and sangomas as well as herbalists who are using it for healing purposes and I am also amazed that human hair is being used for healing purposes," she said.
Source - Metro
