The High Court in Zomba, sentenced three people to life imprisonment for the murder of a man with albinism, Fletcher Masina, in 2016 in Ntcheu District.

The three convicts are Kenneth Moses, Ulemu Mwangomba and Steven Libias got the sentence on Sunday as the  president of the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi, Ian Simbota, commended the development but stressed that it is important to put a stop to the attacks in the first place.

“The conviction is a good development, yes, but it is better to end the killings before they happen.” said Simbota. Earlier this month, police arrested two more people, a mother and her father-in-law, in connection with the abduction of a 20-month-old child with albinism. Meanwhile, the United Nations, through its office in Malawi, called on the country to address the cause of the attacks which have left at least 26 persons with albinism brutally murdered.