Mobs in Malawii kill two more people accused of being vampires

Mobs in Malawi have killed two more people accused of being vampires.

On Thursday police in the south east African country confirmed a wave of attacks against people feared to be vampires had spread to Blantyre, its second largest city.

Six people have already died in the lynch mob attacks, which began last month.

Belief in witchcraft in Malawi is common and the president of the country, Peter Mutharika, has visited parts where the vampire scare is rife.

According to national police spokesman Ramsy Mushani, a gang “torched a 22-year-old epileptic man in Chileka, and another man was stoned to death… after being suspected of being a blood sucker”.

The first incident was witnessed by a reporter for Reuters at a police checkpoint on a road heading to the city’s airport.

A family member of the victim confirmed the man was epileptic and had been killed while walking home.

Several regions in Malawi have been blacklisted as dangerous by the UN and US embassy.