Criminals gun down one man in Lilongwe

March 17, 2015 Malawi News Agency 65 Comments

Dickson Khofi aged 39, from Khokwasambo Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Mazengera in Lilongwe was on Tuesday night shot dead by unknown criminals as he tried to aid his neighbour from thieves who had attacked the neighbour’s house at Landani village, TA Tsabango in Lilongwe.

Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Kingsley Dandaula said the deceased was at around 11.00  in the night responding to a whistle sound he heard that was coming from the house of his neighbour identified as Prince Kumbuyo Nkhoma, an IT manager at Get Bucks in Lilongwe.

“Khofi was on his way to find out what was happening after hearing the sound of the whistle that had been blown. Unfortunately, he was shot on the chest by the unknown criminals who had already broken into Nkhoma’s house and he died on the spot,” said Dandaula.

The spokesperson disclosed that the criminals had stolen an Hp lap-top, 4 cell phones and K58, 000 cash.

Dandaula said the matter was reported to Kawale Police by the wife to the deceased Esnart Mlauzi Khofi aged 25, from Njobvu Village in the same area which led the Police to immediately visit the scene.

“Upon visiting the scene, the Kawale Police found the pellets on the scene of the incident and it seems the criminals had used a shotgun,” said Dandaula.

Postmortem conducted at Kamuzu Central Hospital revealed that death was due to hypovolemia (blood loss) caused by the gunshot wounds and meanwhile investigations are underway to arrest the culprits and to recover the stolen items.

 

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65 replies on “Criminals gun down one man in Lilongwe”

  3. Malawi is small county but leaders failed to control such stories but I blame the government are not put effort on security issues just magin a police station having only one car and is better everyone who is police officer must have gun osati ndodo

  4. A question i struggle to answer kodi anthu akubawa amawaphunzitsa kuombera ndi ndani? Nanga Mfuti amazitenmga kuti? Who supply them with bullets? This is pathetic. Imagine mbava ximenexi zikuchita terrorize homes by coming in groups of about 50 per home, kudziyimbira dzapolisi osabwera wats wrong?

  5. MINE IS A QUESTION KWA NONSE AMENE MUKUDZITCHA KUTI MBAVA,KODI BWANJI SIMUKUTHANA NDI ACHISEMBWERE OMWE AKUNGOYENDAYENDA MTAUNI USIKU KOMANSO KUGWIDWA?

    MULUNGU AKUYENDERENI MWAPADERA.

  6. Very Bad… RIP…

    Policemen,,, what are you paid for….. ntchito kumanga mahule utsiku,,, later on kugwira galimoto yoti ilibe indicator….

    Can all policemen, including traffic police be redeployed to provide security in the locations…. rather than kumalimbana,,, sunamange seat belt,,, mkazi oti ali ndi mimba,,,,mukuthamangisa galimoto over 50 lipilani 10pin,,,,, kusiya mbala zikupha anthu ngati izi……

  7. nde wa polisi akawombera mbava inu amabungwe nde muziti nfweee nfweee nfweeee mbofyoooo mbofyoooo mbofyoooo???????????? do you now see what these animals are capable of doing???????????????????? these monsters do not deserve any sort of space in our society, lets wipe them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. This is very unfortunate, it is had to believe what is happening. people being killed like dogs, where is Police?
    I really don’t know if we are safe at all.

  10. THIS IS THE SPIRIT ALL MALAWIANS MUST EMMULATE. PLEASE BOMA, HERE IS A REAL HERO, DO SOMETHING TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF THIS HERO AND MARK HIS GRAVE WITH DIGNITY OSATI ZOMALEMBA MAKHOMA A NDENDE PAMENE MUKUDZIWA CHENICHENI. MUSAIWALE MUNAUZA AMALAWI KUTI BINGU SANAMWALIRE MUKUCHITA MISONKHANO USIKU KUTI MULANDE BOMA MOSATSATA MALAMULO, ZANKUTU!!!!!. KUKOMERA KWAKE A MALAWI SANAKANGALIKE NDIDZAUTSIRUZO KAYA MUNAONA KAYA!

  12. Aaaaaaa some thieves, killing a person just because of 58000, laptop and cell phone, the must be regretting that they shot a person for such a little things

  13. dziko ndi lokondeladi sometimes. Mphwiyo wakuba ndalama za a malawi onse sanafe ndi 3 bullets koma uyu wachifundo kwa neba wake just a bullet. This world!

  14. It seems guns are all over Malawi these days and ordinary people are no longer safe.The first question to be asked is this.Where do these people source all these deadly guns?Who trains them to shoot?Our lives are in great danger because you never know who is next.Can the police try to search all these cars during night time who seems travel aimlessly in many locations or even during day some times.Security is in shambles these days.What has gone long with Malawi?The govt needs to boost up security for its citizen otherwise people are scared for their dear lives.

  15. Police ntchito yanu yeniyeni ndi meneyi osati kulimbana ndi anthu ochindana mmagalimoto.

  16. the president has failed malawians.During Dr Banda there was nothing like this rubbish,,kumangoyenda mimba kusukusu kukapenta khoma anthu akufa.why not resign?

  17. What surprise me is that they were 20 thieves and they stole K58,000. This means they shared less than K3000 each!

  22. When will we hear that so and so police officers at such and such roadblock have caught so and so with the gun?What we hear is catching chamba and when you catch it you give it to your boss to use it when he gets intoxicated they go write on the wall while innocent citizens are gunned down.which roads are these guns passing through?here someone has lost his life for trying to save the neighbour that one is a hero osati zinazi

  26. Akuba woba phone amagwidwa !kunja kwa vuta money talk mwini wake wangopeleka cash amusiya wachisoni kuphedwa shame on you devil.

  29. Police Strategy to regain malawians confidence.
    KUSUZUMIRA MMA GALIMOTO NGATI ALIPO ENA AKUNYENGANA.

    Useless police

  30. apolice muli buzy kumanga mahule ngati kuti amakwerana ndi ambuyanu.mbala ndi izo zikukukanikani.mbuzi!!

  35. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Hour was brave for doing what he did. These murderers should be put to justice.

  38. point of correction the one who is gone is not the IT Manager, i am still alive the one dead is my neighbour who was coming to rescue us.
    thanks for the positive comments my the good Lord bless you.

  43. These are the cases that should preoccupy the minds of our security chiefs osati busy hunting consenting bird lovers in car parks. That gun is out there waiting for the next victim.

  44. “Lilikuti lilikuti mzanga dziko lija?lomwe anthu timkangothawa kuthawa njoka osati munthu”

  49. Ndiye paja mukati there is an investigation ndiye kuti nkhani yathera pompo unless akhale mmwenye kapena mzungu.

  51. Kupha munthu chifukwa cha katundu wa less than K600,000.00 stupid thieves pitani muzikaba ku Area 43 ndikumene kuli za cashgate.

  53. sad news. My motherland where are u going? May Bingu come back and rescue us from this!

  56. Now with sad stories like these almost everyday, is it still appropriate to continue clapping hands for APM, when he chooses not to address insecurity in the country but rather to commemorate his arrest?

    I think this marijuana puffing president must be forced out. We cannot continue loosing our brothers and sisters as if there is no president and his 20 member ministers.

  58. Nufn that happens*wen they say we are investigating…nde… osamangonena kuti investigations are underway* R*I*P* where is Malawi going? Shud we stil say warm heart of africa* only God knows

  59. But why despite all the cries on insecurity peter cannot command the army to deal with the situation. It is common knowledge that the situation is out of hand and the police have frankly speaking failed to deal with it. Does it have to take robbers to shoot your wife or your daughter for you to appreciate how grave the situation is. It’s really scaring

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