Seven burnt to death in Tanzania witchcraft attacks

Attackers in Tanzania burned alive seven people they accused of witchcraft, police said Friday.

The police arrested 23 people for murder in the latest killings of suspected witches.

"They were attacked and burnt to death by a mob of villagers who accused them of engaging in witchcraft," local police chief Jafari Mohamed told AFP, from western Kigoma region which borders Burundi.