NIGERIANS FEAR DISMEMBERING AS TALES OF GENITAL THEFT GROW (Agence France-Presse) LAGOS - A Bizarre Rumor Of Disappearing Male Genitals Has Gripped Black Africa's Biggest City

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"NIGERIANS FEAR DISMEMBERING AS TALES OF GENITAL THEFT GROW
(Agence France-Presse)
LAGOS - A bizarre rumor of disappearing male genitals has gripped black
Africa's biggest city, leading to mob attacks in Lagos on suspected
organ-robbers and extensive coverage in Nigeria's news media.
The rumor, whose origins are unclear, states that some unscrupulous
people use bodily contacts such as handshakes to make genitals disappear.
According to the rumor, the stolen organs later reappear in possession of
those people who sell them for thousands of dollars.
Dozens of suspects have been beaten up by irate mobs or arrested by
policemen in various parts of this city of an estimated seven million
residents in the past two weeks.
Many Lagos residents now go about the streets checking from time to time
their genitals immediately after a handshake or after a bodily contact
with a stranger.
Reacting to the rumor, the Lagos state police issued a statement last
Thursday. It described the rumor as the work of mischevious elements who
create a panicky situation to enable them to loot, steal or commit other
atrocities against innocent citizens.
Beside bodily contact, the rumor says, another method used by the
"evildoers" involves asking their victim for the time of day or for
directions.
"Once they succeed in arresting their attention, the genitals vanish
immediately," a firm believer in the rumor said.
Because bodily contacts are impossible to avoid at such crowded spots as
bus stops and markets, that is where the popular fears most often
crystalize into mass violence."

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