Vigilantes kill eight people in Malawi amid fear of 'bloodsuckers'

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Vigilante groups have killed at least eight people in northern Malawi claiming to be protecting communities from "bloodsuckers", a local official has said.

The latest victims were from Mozambique and were attacked on Monday while travelling to Tanzania through Malawi's northern region.