By Sheena Adams
A little boy whose torso was found in London's Thames River may have been sacrificed to a Nigerian sea goddess in a ghastly ritual.
Hardened Scotland Yard detectives investigating the case sat stunned on Wednesday as they listened to a South African expert on ritual killings spell out the grisly details.
A sangoma, Credo Mutwa, told them at the meeting in Johannesburg that the body was probably that of a Nigerian boy who muti killers had tracked for weeks before kidnapping him, taking him to Britain and murdering him. They then severed his head, arms and legs.
'These monsters must be hanged' Mutwa painted a horrifying picture for the detectives of what is believed to be a West African ritual, involving drinking the boy's blood from his skull.
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The detectives are here because South Africa is the only country in the world with a dedicated occult murder squad.
The torso of the five-year-old Afro-Caribbean boy was found in the Thames in September. Police named him "Adam" because they said he deserved an identity. Despite a R750 000 reward, no one has come forward with information.
Using traces of pollen found in Adam's stomach, the police have found that he had not been in London for long before his death.
Mutwa said on Wednesday that the way Adam was dismembered pointed to a ritual called obeh, and signified that "something very big" was being planned by the murderers.
"They sacrificed an innocent child who had not yet reached puberty. They would have drank his blood and used it to wash themselves. The finger joints would have been used as charms and his bones would have been ground into a paste to give them strength."
Mutwa said Adam would have been chosen based on his personality and would have been followed for weeks before being abducted. He also said the crime was not committed by a "poor man". "These monsters must be hanged," Mutwa added.
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