Assailant chops off toes of woman with albinism

Malawi Police in Mzimba have intensified investigations to arrest and bring to justice a man  who attacked a 92-year old woman with albinism, chopping off two of her toes on Saturday.

Assailant on the run after albino woman’s toes chopped of

The woman, Tafwauli Ngoma met her fate when she was making fire in her kitchen at around 5pm at Kapopo Mhlango Village, TA Mbelwa in the district.

The woman’s daughter and grandson who live with her had, at the time gone to Kapopo Trading Centre for other business.

It has been reported that the assailant came in, asking for fire to lit his cigarette. He suddenly produced an axe, grabbed  the woman and hacked off her big right toe and small left toe before fleeing, leaving her in a pool of blood.

It was later after the daughter and grandson had returned from the market and found her in agony that neighbors and the police were alerted.

Meanwhile,as investigations to arrest the assailant intensify, the Mzimba police officer in-charge Emmanuel Soko is asking members of the community who may have information that may lead to his arrest to come forward.

Soko says relatives and neighbours of people with albinism to be the first line of defense always keeping an eye on them and reporting any suspicious individuals to authorities.

He has assured all people with albinism in the district that they are doing everything to ensure their maximum security.

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26 replies on “Assailant chops off toes of woman with albinism”

  1. Abale ngt atumbuka anadana nawo kulibwino mungonena zakukhosi kwanu. Ngozi zambiri zakhala zikuchitika kumwera and pakati sindinamvepo kuti Muyao vsMuyao ; Mchewa Vs Mchewa kapena Mlomwe Vs Mlomwe. Choncho ngati azigogo anu anakuuzani kuti azigogo achitumbuka anakongola katundu kapena ndalama mbuyomu koma sanabwenzebe mpaka napano ndilembeleni Ku email yangayi kuti ndibwenze mmalo mwawo kuti atumbuka ayambe kupeza mtendere mmalawi muno. Dzikoli ndi lathu tonse misonkha timapereka chimodzi modzi koma ife atumbuka tikutengedwa ngt agalu mmalawi muno. Misewu yabwino yatala kulibe kumpoto bridge pa Chakazi palibepo school ana sakusankhidwa mma secondary koma mma cdss koma zikafika ndale mmati tikuvotereni. Abale anga mkhalaidwe ngt uli otere mulungu azakulangani.

    1. Zoona Hate……This can not be a coincidence, something is wrong somewhere…elections and surge of albino killings in Malawi. Someone please do a PhD Thesis on this one…..

  2. Are we a nation of fools that we can’t really protect albino. This is sickening and we all have to be ashamed

  3. Zayambanso? Malawi wl never have God’s blessing if we accepting these kinds of nonsense to continue. Let’s together pray hard so that all involved should be caught n b shamed n punished

  4. I live in England. When people here read about such wicked practices against albino people in Malawi, it reflects very, very badly upon the country.

    It is so important that all Malawi citizens act to help stop this cruel and backward action against your own people. Report the perpetrators to the authorities please.

    1. Mwangodana nawo, momwe ankakhapana kuno muja munalembaso kuti evil tribe?, tribalism and regionalism is another reason why Malawi is a broke country. Malawi should be a nation first without that we will be stagnant forever

    2. Lhomwes penetrating Tumbukaland in order to cause mayhem in the North. Albino killing started in the South by Yaos and Lhomwes but the king pin of this evil act is mostly from Lhomwe traditional belief.

    3. Keanu ma albino mwwtha ndemwati tikaphe atumbuka, agalu inu kwasala madzi amodzi. Ndi mtundu Wanu uwo wophana tithamangisanapo kuno muwona

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