Police in Tanzania's Tabora district hold four nurses suspected of participating in an organ trafficking network.

According to Tabora regional commissioner Batilda Buriani, the four were apprehended when investigators discovered that the remains of prematurely born twins had been mangled after they died.

He stated that the twins' mother discovered their eyeballs gouged out and part of their skin pulled off from the brow.

According to Buriani, the nurses have been suspended and will face charges of organ harvesting.

The commissioner stated that organ harvesting had been related to witchcraft.

PHOTO | COURTESY nurses arrested on human trafficking

The nurses are also accused of fabricating evidence that the bodies were kept in the maternity unit when discovered in the nurses' room.

According to the examining committee, the twins died due to a shortage of newborn care services at the facility where they were born.

In other news, On Sunday, the body of a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler was discovered on the rooftop of a neighbour's toilet in Lugala Village, Khwisero Constituency, Kakamega County.

Gloria Andayi, who was last seen with her family at their house on Friday, is said to have vanished after her mother, Velma Akoth, left. When she returned, she couldn't find the baby, and all attempts to find her were useless.

Their neighbour was worried by the number of flies around the toilet on Sunday. He discovered the child's body on the rooftop after looking around. The parents were immediately alerted.

Simon Achoro, the assistant chief of the Doho sub-location, confirmed the incident. Local authorities, like human rights campaigners, want investigations to be conducted so the family can get justice.

The minor's body was taken to Yala Mortuary in Siaya for a postmortem examination.