IPNEWS: Police in the Western County of Bomi have arrested and are interrogating several family members and others for the alleged murder for the ritualistic purpose of two-year-old Saah Momoh.

The Police CID Chief in the County, James Carter, said family members being interrogated as prime suspects, including the two-year-old’s mother, father, grandfather, and uncle only identified as Siafa and two others.

Siafa, according to the reports, had carried little Saah Momoh, his nephew, into the bush, but the child’s body was later discovered with parts, including his eyes, reportedly extracted for alleged ritualistic purpose.

The development comes with less than eleven months to the 2023 presidential and legislative elections.

It is customary in Liberia that ritualistic killings become prevalent across the country with accusing fingers always pointed at power seeking politicians as people behind the killings for body parts for ritual purposes.

It is not the first time that Bomi County has come in the news in connection with ritualistic killings.

Some years back, several persons, including the County’s former lawmaker, Lahai Lassanah, deceased, were accused in connection with the alleged murder for ritual purpose of a female charcoal seller who had traveled to the Klay District area in Bomi County.

Ritualistic killings in Liberia are an old, aged practice among overly ambitious and avaricious individuals seeking political power, wealth and influence. The practice was common in the Southeastern County of Maryland.

In the 1970s, slain Liberian President, William R. Tolbert, executed by hanging, several persons, including James Anderson, then superintendent of Maryland after they were found guilty of killing a popular traditional musician, Moses Tweh.