Mozambican man arrested for trying to cut off taxi driver's genitals

Mozambican police have arrested man who has admitted attempting to cut the genitals of a taxi driver.

The incident took place in Chimoio, central Mozambique, according to a BBC Africa LIVE report.

The suspect told officers he posed as a customer to lure the taxi driver to a forest, where together with an accomplice, they assaulted the victim using

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The suspect told police that he was remorseful and was ready to assist police to apprehend his on-the-run accomplice.

It is not known why the driver was targeted but the southern African country has a history of bald men being attacked by ritualists.