Malawi rights activist Mtambo survives assassin’s gun attack
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Chairperson Timothy Mtambo survived when assassins bullets were fired into his car Friday night about 11pm around the Area 49 road near Mtandire in Lilongwe as he was driving home, Mtambo has confirmed.
According to Mtambo six bullets were fired at his car but lucky enough none of them hit him.
He said the attackers – believed to be regime thugs -were in a car and were trailing him.
The assassination attempt is believed to be linked Mtambo’s role at forefront of mass protests over alleged rigging of elections.
Mtambo, a fierce critic of President Peter Mutharika who is also the executive director of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRC), has been at the forefront of protests following elections in May, which the opposition says were rigged.
HRDC has been organising mass protests to force the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission chairperson Jane Ansah over the alleged mismanagement of the May tripartite election , which saw Mutharika re-elected for second and mandatory final term. The results are being contested in the constitutional court.
Recently Mtambo also survived an attack when his residence had been petrol bombed.
The attack last week saw a car belonging to the activist destroyed. The second bomb was thrown inside the compound of the house.
Members of HRDC said they suspected the attackers had links to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.
Since May, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Malawi to demonstrate against the management of the election. The government has accused the protesters of damaging property and looting and has sought court injunctions to stop the demonstrations.
Mr Mtambo please go to Paul Mphwiyo and ask him how Assassins operate like…
This is staged. Six bullets and none hitting target including hitting a tyre while a vehicle is speeding without swerving or overturning? Drama at its best. Don’t cheat us to sympathise with you idiot!
So six bullets cannot miss a person? laymen
That’s it is said by God’s grace. People have survived in situations where many are very much likely to get killed. There are things that not everybody can comprehend but they do happen
apparently the shooter doesnt know how to use gun, how can he shoot so low like that?
………To me this seems its a staged shooting, fake and shameful. How can an assassin send warning signs…. shooting away from main target? How can a vehicle with a punctured tyre manage to speed off away from an assassin? How can an assassin drive past his pray without finishing it off????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
have you ever handled a gun yourself? Follow up history on assasination attempts and you will be surprised how some people managed to escape them.
Even professionally trained assasins do miss their targets. Not everybody dies because somebody wants them dead. There are things beyond human control. That’s the reality about the world we live in
One day people will regret associating themself with corrupt and crooks of dpp. They foolishly think dpp will rule forever. Everyone in Dpp is corrupt and evil.
Akadaphedwa bwezi nditapanga phwando . mtambo fiti ya munthu.
Mwasowa anthu owanamiza ngati zinakuphonya nde kuti samafuna iweyo . komabe ndikupempha ose opanga izi kut asasiye apitilize mpakana aphedwe sitikufunaso kut apite Ku Court ayi
It is apparent that HRDC is now totally off track. They are manufacturing issues almost daily.
They are falsely bringing divisions which does not exist.
Our leaders have the obligation to unite the nation. They are to be firm. I feel there has been a leadership vacuum after the 21 May, which is giving power to the wrong people.
Please leaders step up to the challenge that our nation is facing and DO NOT allow anyone to add petrol to any misunderstanding.
So he also hired people to petrol bomb his house. I give Mtambo benefit of doubt. There is clearly a trend suggesting DPP stoggies want to take him out.
Wadada Dausi wa Brigadier wa MYP and DPP
Cadets nyengo na mwenso kuti timupikeni na zifuti ya neng’enela chomene.
Ndidzifwabwa za Mcp zimenezo, Chakwera akufuna ndalama zake coz nthawi yomwe adagwirizana kuti adzakhala atamuchotsa Jane Ansah idapitirira ndie atopa ndikudikirira ntunda opanda madzi. Nsundwe force imeneyo
This is cheap propaganda.It seems he hired his own people to shoot his own car sparing him with the intention to paint DPP hypocritically kkkk.Machgeza akuchita Mtambo uyu.Zomwe amafuna zikuoneka kuti sizitheka.Njira ina ndiyolenga assassination attempts kkkk.Pa press brief yomwe anapangitsa kungoonekelatu kuti this lambya is desperate kkk.His sinister motives have been foiled several times kkk.Let me warn Macdonald Sembereka and Gift Trapence,You are being used by this lambya and it shows that you are blindly following him kkkk.Guys kuno ndikunja kunayanja lichelo.What good are doing to your fellow southerners????Sembereka zoona kumalalata mbale wanu waku Mangochi ataphedwa moteromo ndianthu a MCP???? Gift Trapence bamboo ako atamwalira achina Mtambo anafika pamalirowo???.Koma atamwalira mtumbuka waku Karonga uja inu munali makutu bemberereee kumaliroko???
Chinsinsi chimodzi atumbuka amalangizidwa ndimakolo awo amati mbare wako ndimtumbuka basi and from Kasungu North coming up to Chitipa is a relation.Anyone else from any other district is not your relation.This I got it from my former workmate at our former workplace.
Muma university colleges Tumbuka lectures amakhala ndinthawi yokumana ndi mastudents amtundu wawo kumati akukambilana zakwawo pomwe akuwauzira mayeso.
Mukuimbira mfiti mmanja inu kumati chimenechi chikuvina bwino kkkkk!!!Ayi izo nzanu koma wakutsina khutu ndimnasi komaaa ineee ndachita kukulumani osati kutsinanso kkk
Zinazo mwanena zoona bambo, koma zouzila mayeso ku University sizoona. Atumbuka mwene amalimbikira wokha, I have witnessed this myself pa Polytechnic pomwepapa.
Umakombeza nsete za Peter Muthalika iwe eti.
this is rubbish anthu ngati inu ndi amene muyenera kumangidwa chifukwa chonyoza
ALL CADETS WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT UP!!!! and LEAVE THIS MAN ALONE. LET HRDC SPEAK FOR THE VOICELESS WHOSE TAX MONIES IS BEING SHARED BETWEEN YOURSELVES and YOUR EVIL DPP CRONIES. SHAME ON YOU!! BROOD OF VIPERS! YOUR INSTINCT FOR INSTANT GRATIFICATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RULE OF JUSTICE.
Blood of Jesus will continue protecting you.The country is not ready to lose u now.
Fool mtambo if you are looking for death don’t worry you gona die which assassinator who can miss six bullets on target kkkkkk zokonza izii
This is staged and its for fools to believe.
The purpose behind is to buy public sympathy.
What became of the person (the government spy agent) who was caught and handed to police?
Dausi ameneyu, mchacha, Ben Phiri and the whole leadership of DPP
I see DPP stoggies and cadets busy discrediting Mtambo.
Mtambo, please stop driving usiku for goodness sake. I know you are not scared but we dont want you to give these barbaric thieves a loophole.
If they want let them find u home.
Be sensible. Can u imagine the pressure you put on ur family whrn u are driving at night.
Please be sensible.
If you want him dead mwauponda, he is still here until until. Whether you call it propaganda or whatever but the shooting happened. If the same propaganda shooting happened to Mwapasa kaya bwezi mukunena chani kaya.
This guy even when he gets malaria will say it was assassination attempt on his life. Where were you going at 10pm? There are thieves too who wants nice cars. Wow
Uwu ndi Ufiti ndithu.. Ma Galimoto mumene achulukila a bwino angalimbane ndi iyi
MUHAMMAD,IN MALAWI,WE DO NOT KILL EACH OTHER LIKE YOU IN ISLAMICK COUNTRIES.THEFORE,PACKUP YOUR GUNS AND GO TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND LEAVE US ALONE TO SOLVE OUR OWN PROBLEMS.TO YOU PEOPLE,BLOOD IS YOUR WATER.YOU CAN GO TO HELL WITH YOUR KILLING MACHINE GUNS!!!!!!!!!
God have mercy with our country.
NDINGONENA MWACHIDULE. TSOKA SASIMBA.
Mwini film samafa. Episode 3 waitha iwe Timoteo
And the shooters were in a car? And amadutsana? And they shot that low? Comeon Timothy Mtumbo
Mtambo staged this. There are things that do not add up.first look at the burst front tyre.It should have been in shreds. He informs that after being shot at , he made a 3 point turn and drove to a place to hide…..The engine is heavy the tyre would have been in shreds.The rim , the rim itself would have have suffered dents…but observe clearly and objectively..No dent and no shreds to a tyre and no dent to a rim that was subjected to weight.Secondly, this might have been a drive by shooting incident obviously the purported assassins might have used the window to aim at their target while in motion.How then do we see the bullet holes so low?…I expected at least a bullet to hit the glass window..If you all see the other positions of the bullet holes, it’s at the number plate level…This begs so many questions yo the authenticity of the his narrative….
In addition , six Bullets were fired at this car…Six…while he was driving..What was the initial reaction of Mr.Mtambo then the front tyre was shot and burst…Two sustained loud bangs….He still managed to control the vehicle, made a 3 point turn, drove off to hide without the tyre suffering any single shred and the rim without suffering damage..
Read into Mtambos narrative with respect to his photographic evidence.It simply does not add up a salt….
Let me also be quick to hoot that any attempt by anyone on somebody’s life is evil
They were shooting each other Why did they Sped away, Around 11 Amachokera Kuti Tatopa Nanu Kumangomva Zanu Zokha Tapolani Moto Inu
OSAGWIRA NGAKHALE CHIPOLOPOLO CHIMODZI. MUNTHU WA BODZA UYU NGAKHALE SATANA AKULENGA
IWE MTAMBO WAYAMBA BODZA. THIS MTAMBO KNOWS FOR SURE THAT HE WILL BE KELLED . BE KILLED BY MCP OR UTM TO DAMAGE THE IMAGE OF DPP OR BY DPP TO CLEAR HIM FOR THE ACTIONS HE IS DOING IN THE NSME IF FREEZOM FIGHTER. SO WE DONT SUPPORT THIS STORY. CHIKUNAMA ICHI. LAST TIME HE SAID WAGWIRA CHIPOLOPOLO. TODAY HE SAYS HA RSCAPED A SHOWER OF BULKETS. BEANJI SIMUNAGWIRE ZIPOLOPOLOZOOOI.
With HRDC’s track record, I would not be surprised if this was staged.
These people are funded for a reason.
So mtambo drove with a flat tyre at the front? And the attackers did not see him drive away? Best driver in town. Mwayi umenewo uzasimba moyo wako onse, paja ndiwe commander wa nsundwe forces so now they are jailed your security is at risk
Looks like staged shooting Two people on the vehicle, six bullets fired, no single bullet hits any of the two in the vehicle. Mwatchera kumwezi.
Cooked Stories now hiding in the name of being attacked
Waziwa bwanji kuti five bullets were shot at him?? This mother fucker is now looking for sympathy
Kill him we don’t want such people like you in our country
Be serious my man…..mufuna apumbwa azitibera
Eya aziba kusiyana nzoti ndizikanika kukagwira ntchito chifukwa cha ma demo. Iwo akudya one am failing to do so coz shops are being closed kuopa Msundwe HARAM forces ikasesa
Ndede. I like your questions. I expected a car window to be smashed. Shooting a tyre at close range? Lower part of the vehicle? What do you take us for? Fools? Stop these jokes. Assassins cant kill you at this time. If I were an assassin I would take my time. The shot that kills you is the one you dont hear.
Shooting Lower tyres or lower part of Vehicle ….If Bullets hit the fuel tank/ pipes what happens ?If the Driver loses control and Vehicle tips over the Bridge what happens …How do you make an assassination to look like an Accident? Maybe you write a suicide note like in Chasowas Case…Let those Responsible Investigate…Gule wa Mkulu anaomberedwa were the Culprits Caught ? When there was an Attempt on MphwiyoAction was taken …People were Arrested….Ndiye muzitozifunsa Nokha kuti Vuto ndi Chani ?
If serious and very wounded people wanted Mtambo dead, he would be a corpse by now. So please stop this propaganda. Stage-managed.
Dausi and Petala want him dead. fact is Malawi young Pioneer trained Dause how to articulate facts nonchalant.
Its a mafiaso government. You eat or be eaten
Lucky Mtambo. But the gunman should get a serious reprimand from his trainers. 5 shots and 5 misses! Very shoddy shooting. Next time get a better gunman. KKK. Which tells me this is just one of those propagandas to gain sympathy and attention. One time, it was arson now shooting. All misses. KKKKK.
Ng’oma yoliralira siichedwa kung’ambika
True
Becareful playing with such people may not be humans you might face what you don’t expect 😅😱😆
Hehehe pakaipa muphanapo mitunda kusiyana onjezani moto kuti mungadzipweteketse anthu enawa sia wamba muvulalaponokha
He was a bad shooter or he just wanted to scare the dude. At that proximity, no one can miss. Anyway, hope the message from the shooter is clear that siinu nokha bwana Mtambo amene muli dolo Mmalawi muno. Mukamaphwanya katundu, kuononga thukuta laazinzanu mtaunimu don’t think it doesn’t pain them. Reminds me of that Chichewa proverb, ukaziputa limba, or wanyera panjira walinga mbalume, or wakwatira kwamphenzi saopa kung’anima. Bwana Mtambo, you started this, got yourself onto that level, hope you’ll handle the celebrity status and the heat it brings
These are cooked stories aimed at winning sympathy from some stupid donors so that he get asselum after causing damage. Just try to go elsewhere you will be hit. Ntambo is a useless being and deserves to die. Our businesses are suffering because of this stupid boy.
You must be one of these stupid cadets, Mr tung’ande.
Dausi God is watching u and ur entire group. Whatever ur doing in darkness one day will come on light. Yesterday u came public to announce ur plan that HRDC is planning evil to MPS. While u are planning to kill Mtambo so that police must not investigate the matter. What ever happen in our country mainly people like Dausi are the main cause . He was in mcp before democracy. Now u are in Dpp u have painted our colours all members and is stinky . We know u hate chilungamo since referendum Dausi .If mtambo is speaking for Malawians u become bitter full of anger, mind this ,”whether u kill mtambo “nothing will change still more dpp will fall soon.Hrdc sow seeds of knowing the truth in Malawians.
Mmmmmm! Zankutu. What seeds of truth? Don’t take some of Malawians as foolish people. This is propaganda.
Are you forgetting that your so called peaceful protests have caused untold damages? Are the people whose property got damaged happy with you? They want you dead. Since you are trying to divert attention, one day it will be real.
Please Mtambo tigayileko mankhwalawo. Iwe anakonza.
NDI OMWEWA GULU LA DAUSI –JOSE —-MWAPASA NDI ANZAWO
DPP this stupidity alone, if it had succeeded in killing Mtambo, we would by now be talking of the end of everything. I mean, and am not joking, that killing Mtambo or any of his associates will cause wanton death and destruction like you have not seen before. There is little the less than 10,000 policemen can do against the millions on rampage. Try it if you think am joking!
Brings Back Memories of the 1990s when People were fighting for Change…And some Unsung Heroes who Paid the Price …With their lives like MR C .Mr C was a Police Officer an OC for Dedza …In those days People like my Uncle would Smuggle some Banned Material -The Democrat or was it the Malawi Democrat Newspaper – They soon became marked by the Regime Intelligence…Mr C was under heavy pressure to Deal with People like my Uncle ….Actually the Party Official who shot Mr C came personally to warn My Uncle that he was going to Deal with him….A week Before Mr C was shot dead.Mr C was a Patriot,he would warn people like my Uncle to be Very Careful …Am I surprised ? No .Why? People who were in the MCP regime in the 1990s are still here now in the DPP Regime…They will Claim that others are plotting Assassinations Whilst its Them ….But some of Us who witnessed Change Coming as Primary school kids Will Never Be Intimated…Those were Hard Times Unfortunately the Crocodiles Survived and are Still ruling the Waters but in different Colours Now.
Tired of noise about this idiot. Can we hear something else please!
Anthu kulephera kugona chifukwa chamtambo eish Mr president and dausi paying people to kill mtambo. Thank GOD mwagwanayo Mr president ndi dousi mufa ndinuyo muona
Why are all attackers linked to DPP when Mtambos rebels have destroyed property of Malawians and killed policemen. What does he make about the relatives of these people? Are they not angry??
The Warm Heart of Africa is going down slowly
But how possible could six bullets miss him? Was it just a warning or all its something else? Anyway paja heros die. Nde osaopa kufa baba.
Zochita kukonza izi, a genuine assassin cannot be a layman in the things of the barrel! Angofuna to buy public sympathy awa, conscious yayamba kuwagwira!!
How could all six bullets miss
Search me!! This was stage managed! Attention seeker! Seeking public sympathy for the havoc he has caused in the country! Worse still pophetsa wa police pajaa!
Mtambo’yu ndi okhwima- mfiti . This is also eveident from the confidence he has. Ndi wa satanic ndithu
This is a faked attack six bullets he would have been hit.Idiot Mtambo to hell with your tricks akutulukiranibe kuti mmafuna kuotcha misika makape
No holes on the car. That time you were coming from the meeting planning to start burning markets.
Wazunza Malawi iwe. Akanangokupha
Your days are numbered.
At this point in time it could be anyone trying to kill Timothy, or even just a stunt. Could be the regime or people who have lost stuff in these demonstrations, or even Mtambo being the drama king he is just stunting. You just never know.
That is Jomo since he confessed he will try his best to eliminate him. Osafunsanso kuti ndi ndani.
That’s stupid allegation. Sux bullets you are joking. How many stones killed our brother in Nsundwe. Go to the South and see if it’s going to be bullets not bees.
Stones are effective than bullets, don’t you know “Goliyati” story?
Shameful but God is on the side of justice.
Mr Mtambo Sir, what was the speed of your car when the bullet had hit the tyre of your vehicle? Where was the shooter by the time you were being shot? Was the shooter in another vehicle (X-trail) the time you were being shot? Are the height of Xtrail the same as the pickup you were in? With the car speed of yours, at what length did you manage to stop and rescue yourself from the car? How did you reach home after you had run away from the car? Between the bullet that hit the tyre and the one on the lower door, which one came first? How wide is the road at the point you were shot? Who did you call first after you had escaped? ……… should you answer these questions properly and further questions that may follow, am afraid to believe this narration. These are some questions of course you might face at the inquiry and indeed you need to present your case so that people should believe you. Otherwise shooting from another moving vehicle, it’s difficult for the for the bullet to land the lower part of your vehicle and also the tyre. And without your moving vehicle kuphonya mseu after hitting the front tyre, I would think this vehicle was hit while stationary by yourself.
As far as shooting from a moving vehicle is concerned, these are not points where the bullets would pick and as far as the one wanting to kill you is concerned, shooting your tyre would also risk him. Thank you.
Now they have resorted to this? Trying to take lives of those that are exercising their right to speak out their mind on matters that are crucial to the country.
Iwe mtambo usamapusitse anthu wamva? chifukwa tsiku lina zizakhala zoona zenizeni
Mafia Govt at it’s best. What a shame that Malawi, the warm heart Africa, has become a thugs n cadets ruled country….mafia style. I see no hope for Malawi until these dpp mbava n his thugs are in power. God save Malawi
Can Dausi and Botomani hold another press now to inform the Nation that those we sent to kill Mtambo has failed
Stupid story, never to be believed. Do you guys know a gun in the hands of someone who aims to kill? In this whole drama episode, the ‘target’ Mr Mtambo was never aimed at … 6 bullets wastedly missed him?? And there was no any other car in the road? and no one heard the gunshots? and the guy managed to drive to Area 47 to hide with deflated front tyre? Give me a break!
This is way out of order ! People should not be scared just because they criticise the government in power. Whoever was shooting at this man Mtambo, just know you are just a pawn. Learn to stand up and say NO to stupid things !
Mtambo,tigayileko mankhwala amene unasamba aise,,were assailant were not able to see you becoz of magic..Plz tigaileniko abro..
You know for a fact they want you dead you cant be out late night you need to invest in your security!
God is great..
Seems mtambo can’t have tyre puncture without dpp being blamed
hehehehee, koma
This is bad attempt by ruling thugs, leave Mtambo alone and let him enjoy his life to the fullest.
He has done nothing wrong but only advocating for human rights then it should be a sin??
We are all going to die no matter what power or gun u might possess today but still u gonna kiss the mama earth.