Tanzania, March 18 -- Iringa. The High Court of Tanzania, Iringa Zone, has sentenced a man to death by hanging after finding him guilty of killing his four-year-old son in what prosecutors described as a ritual killing linked to a belief in obtaining wealth.

Judge Angaza Mwipopo delivered the judgment in Case No. 25532 of 2025, ruling that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Joseph Muhulila (28), a resident of Lukosi Street in Mkwawa Ward, Iringa Municipality, committed the offence contrary to Sections 196 and 197 of the Penal Code, Cap. 16 (2022).

The prosecution, led by State Attorneys David Mwakiborwa and Jackson Mwakalinga, told the court that the incident occurred on April 12, 2025, when the accused killed his son, ...