An old African proverb states that it takes a village to raise a child. Clearly that is not what happened in this situation. A child was tortured and murdered in the very midst of thousands of villagers; so I suppose one could also say that it takes a village to torture and murder a child. It is inconceivable that so few of the villagers attempted to raise any legitimate alarm even when they had to know that something was seriously wrong with the boy's family and that the boy was in danger.
A saying from the Bible's story of Cain and Abel comes to mind: After Cain had murdered his brother Abel, God asked him where his brother was. Cain answered, "I know not; am I my brother's keeper?"
A saying from the Bible's story of Cain and Abel comes to mind: After Cain had murdered his brother Abel, God asked him where his brother was. Cain answered, "I know not; am I my brother's keeper?"