Madagascar: the anger of the families of the victims of Ikongo, killed by the gendarmes

Published on: 20/09/2022 – 15:55 05:50 An albino child was kidnapped on August 29, 2022, and his mother killed, in an isolated village in the south-east of Madagascar. On the island, people with albinism are regularly the target of violence, involving mutilation for ritual purposes. This crime triggers a local riot and the crowd tries to enter the gendarmerie of the locality of Ikongo where there are four suspects in custody. The gendarmes shoot and kill about twenty people. Why did the inhabitants want to take revenge on themselves? Who are the kidnappers? Gaëlle Borgia, correspondent for France 24, investigated on the spot.