Sao Paulo - In Brazil, more precisely in a remote Amazon region, Indians are suspected of having killed a herdsman and partially eaten. In fact, were involved, police records up to six Indians from the tribe of Culina, told a Brazilian newspaper on Wednesday.
The dismembered body of 21-year olds who did not belong to the tribe, was reportedly found on the riverbank near a village. The victim was killed with up to 60 stab wounds, his body dismembered and removed organs like heart, brain and liver. The police assume that the perpetrators were roasting the bodies in a ritual, then ate them.
The Indians closed FUNAI authority from any form of cannibalism. Since the colonial period, there had been no documented case for more.
The herdsman, who had been suffering from a slight mental disability, according to the press had been in frequent contact with the Culinas. He is said to have been drinking regularly with members of the tribe of rum.
The suspects Indians are volatile, police records show. One of them, the police had indeed taken - but he was released after intervention by FUNAI staff again. Others reported that five suspects had fled after a police interrogation in the jungle.
