Chief Kalolo attacked: Police arrest 40 in Nsundwe fracas as tension remains high
Malawi Police have arrested 40 suspects during a night of commotion in Nsundwe trading centre in Lilongwe as women and children fled their homes.
Journalists who have returned to the area after the Tuesday violence which led to the killing of a police officer say the situation is calm but remains tense.
Police officers stormed houses at night, arresting suspects, including those suspected to have stoned to death the police officer Usumani Imedi, a team leader from C company who was deployed to clear roads after the so called Nsundwe forces blocked the roads and demanded money from motorists.
National police headquarters spokesperson James Kadadzera confirmed the arrest of the 40 suspects.
“They are yet to be charged but some of them might face murder charges,” said Kadadzera.
Imedi is being laid to rest Wednesday in his home, Mangochi.
Chief Kalolo from Nsundwe was also attacked last evening on his way back from the political rally held in the capital city by president Peter Mutharika and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
The Nsundwe forces smashed his vehicle for allegedly attending the DPP political rally, a rally which the forces were against and stopped people from going to attend.
Kalolo said he was consulting with other leaders in the area; both traditional, civic and religious to see how best to contain the situation which he said had now gone out of hand.
He sustained minor injuries and was treated as an outpatient at St. Gabriel Mission Hospital.
Can the intelligence committee of parliament give the nation a full account of who and what is behind the Nsundwe massacre? The nation needs to know. If it is politically motivated, bring evidence forward. Even one Malawian dying is more than too much. I am assuming as a nation we do have a functional intelligence institution. If we do, why did they not know of what was about to happen before it happened. There has been a total failure in intelligence in this case which cannot and should not be tolerated. Let us be serious. Any leader who is willing… Read more »
Malawi Police, complete thugs in uniform. No investigative skills, busy locking up everybody and hoping they will be able to beat someone to death in a cell in order to garner a confession. And you wonder why the masses rise against you?
okuba fone 6 yrs in jail with hard laour kuti ena atengereko phuzilo
okuba ma tractor no jail koma kungopepesa
okuba ma balot papers kumakapeleka kwa mafumu ake ngati mfumu kalolo , = kulandola brand new car.
shiiioot
Koma achewa, how do you celebrate the beating of a T/A chief by his subjects. No manners
Nyau ndi zinthu kodi mkulu maganizo awo ndi a chilombo basi
mfumu kalolo inalipo mmodzi yokha MAI AJA basi osati ma kalolo enawa ndi mbwelela zokhazokha ndipsi ongofuna ndalama basi.
mai gogo calo okha aja ndiomwe inalidi njila.mzimu wao uziusa mutendere osatha
ma commision angati apangidwa with los of money spent and NOONE BOOTED, ALL WE SEE IS A LIST OF NAMES WHO WERE INVOLVED , AND THEN WHAT NEXT HAPPENED????????????????????
SHIT, IT SUCKS.
so better shut the stinky arses or sort the previous commision outcomes eti
Tisaiwale 2014 ma cadet anapha wapolice Julius kwa Goliati .
The beloved Nsundwe forces
A nguluuuuuuuuu mulibe anzanu pokokomeza zinthu zimene anzanu achita osati za inuuuuuu!! Just last month you cerebrated that Mayaya was hacked by cadets and didn’t suggest any arrests of the culprits….!! The list is too long and include Njaunju, Lule, Chasowa, a police officer known as Supritendant Julius Jailosi who you brutally killed at Goliati in March 2014 etc etc Anthu akhala akuyesa muno ndi muno kuti amene anapha anthu amenewa amangidwe koma ataaaaaaaaa palibe muchita, lero popeza ndi Msundwe ndiye kuchita kukwelera pa phiri la Mulanje kuchemelera amvekela amenewo apite ku maximum prison…………………………………. Chifukwa chain mumasankha? Kodi enawo zinali… Read more »
Muchipeta wa nyau iweeeee! Ubulutu wakukulira ndiponso MaC Hende ako. Kodi muamba kuti gonthi Mayaya anaphedwa? Nyauu zopusa inu mumaganiza anthu amaganizidwe akudambwe mungalamulire dzeko? Nthawi yanu idapita. Stop thinking that Malawi presidency should be tribal based. We will use meritocracy to choose not your stupid dambwe logic. Forget that the failed fake accent ex-reverend nyolonyo yona Chakwera will ever be president of this country.
Very stupid
Vi achewa vose mitu yobulungira koma mukati murije bongo. Vose vibwelere uko vidachokera ku DR Congo vidzikavina nyau gure wamakoro yawo.
#killbrutalpolice. Kill them police if they brutally beat the citizens. Peter must held for all this lawlessness in this country. Asakani ngati mwayi ungapezeke iphani agalu a muthalikawo
Sizachilendo achakwera ananena okha kut mwazi ukhedzedwe basi.kaya komwe aliko akuva bwanji fiti imeneyi .anthuwo asatulukeso
Kulira kwa Makadeti …I hope ndi Chakwera anatokutumani kuti mupange attack Mayaya…muphe Njauju or wa Police kwa Goliati …Nkhani ndi Yakuti Aliyense Akaphwanya Lamulo Azimangidwa…