A butcher wraps Ground Alberta beef at Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary, Alberta, October 3, 2012. Bon Ton stated it was not effected by the recent E.Coli outbreak as they get their meat from select smaller producers. E. coli, a strain of which can cause si
IN PHOTO: A butcher wraps Ground Alberta beef at Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary, Alberta, October 3, 2012. Bon Ton stated it was not effected by the recent E.Coli outbreak as they get their meat from select smaller producers. E. coli, a strain of which can cause sickness or even death, is widely present in meat-processing plants, and regulators require packers to control the bacteria within certain levels. E.coli can be killed by thoroughly cooking meat. Reuters/Todd Korol

After the discovery of a bag with human heads wrapped in plastic in the kitchen, Nigerian Police closed a restaurant in the southeastern province of Anambra. The restaurant was allegedly serving human flesh.

Besides the heads, the cops – who were tipped by local residents – also found plastic bags dripping with blood and weapons. The raid at the restaurant led to the arrest of 10 people, reports The Telegraph.

The report comes on the heels of the conviction of a man in Zimbabwe who killed another man out of anger and ate his victim’s heart. The two incidents indicate how cannibalism is practiced in pockets of Africa.

Among the local residents who unknowingly ate human flesh at the restaurant was a local priest who was surprised at the bill of his meal which was almost four times the price of the daily pay of labourers in the country. Restaurant staff explained to him the expensive food was because of the high price of meat he had for dinner. The bill was 700 Naira or the equivalent of $3.50, reports the Inquisitr.

But the report did not shock one resident who suspected something suspicious was going on because every time he passed the dining establishment on his way to the market, he noticed strange things going on as most people who enter it wore soiled clothes and looked a bit strange.

The report did not identify the establishment, but the resident said the restaurant was in a hotel. Google lists 203 hotels in the Nigerian state.

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