Malawi Police foil robbery, ‘shoot-to-kill’ four criminals

June 12, 2015 Maurice Nkawihe- Nyasa Times 165 Comments

Malawi Police have this afternoon shot dead four suspected criminals in the capital city of Lilongwe.

Malawi Police kill robbers after successful operation at Kanengo Puma Filling Station
Malawi Police kill robbers after successful operation at Kanengo Puma Filling Station
Robbers gunned down at Kanengo
Robbers gunned down at Kanengo

Police killed the criminals who attempted to rob a Puma Filling Station at Kanengo in the city.

National police spokesperson, Rhoda Manjolo confirmed the development which comes five days after some armed robbers killed a police officer and made away with K46 million cash in the same city.

”We managed to recover a greener rifle with three rounds of ammunition,” Manjolo told Nyasa Times.

She said the law-enforcers foiled the robbery following a tip-off but refused to disclose details of how the robbers were cornered and killed.  Manjolo merely said the police had been “waiting for them” and the Police operation was led by  a woman commanding officer .

Nation Publications Limited quoted an eye witness account of it’s debt collector Steve Kapengule who was only about 30 metres away from the scene, on the Mzimba-Lilongwe Road, as he headed back to the city after the TAMA offices by the roadside.

“I heard shooting and I saw people scattering in all directions as I approached the filling station. Most of those people returned to the scene, just as hurriedly as they had left, and they started showering congratulations on the police, when it became clear that the police officers had foiled the robbery.

“Almost everyone could tell that the police had laid in wait for sometime before a vehicle carrying the robbers drove in at the filling station at about 2.30pm. Clearly, the robbers had walked into a trap because the moment they advanced and fired the early shots, the police officers –-most of them in civilian clothes (detectives)—responded; in no time, the robbers were lying dead in a mangled heap,” Kapengule stated.

Kapengule said, according to the paper, that he came away from the incident convinced that if police officers are given tips by members of the public, the law-enforcers could thwart the rising incidents of armed robbery and other insecurity incidents.

Recently, there have been several armed robberies, where millions of Kwacha have been stolen and policemen and some civilians were killed and injured.

This is a third time police have shot dead criminals following a public outcry over a rise in robbery cases across the country.

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165 replies on “Malawi Police foil robbery, ‘shoot-to-kill’ four criminals”

  4. Bravo! keep on Police men. Thats what we want. There shud be peace all over. Why shud we b poor and again robbed of our small treasurer. Iphani onse apite, atsogole, Sweep them all. We want clean malawi which is friendly.

  5. iphani agalu amenewa….asatinyase….ndipo apheni……..tipaseniso ife mphavu madelamu tiapheso

  7. Kill them all. Woyenda ndilupanga azafa ndilupanga lomwero. If you have a brother or sister that is a robber advise him or her to stop otherwise let them be killed as they kill innocent people. Nanunso ndinu mbava eti? kill them all.

  10. Ma NGO’s amene mukufuner kuoneka madoro kungofuna kutchuka baaasi,bwanji simuturukira poyera anthu akavurazidwa,kuberedwa,or kuphedwa nimbavaz ohho mawa zikaphe inuyo or achibare any kuti mukaudziwe kuwawa moyo..ife amene tiphako mbavazi pitirizan NTCHITO YABWINO..ndipo mumakwararamu tikagwira baaasi kumangokonzeratu kukana akazabweraso angazachoseso mimoyo ya osarakwa..

  11. KILL MORE OF THESE DANGEROUS THIEVES,BELIEVE ME THEY WILL STOP AND MALAWI WILL BE A PEACEFUL NATION ONCE AGAIN. NEXT TO BE KILLED SHOULD BE THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THESE KILLINGS JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER WITNESSED A SITUATION WHERE ONE OF THEIRS HAS BEEN KILLED BY ARMED THIEVES.

    IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE NETWORK OF THESE ARMED THIEVES BECOZ THEY ARE NOT SIMPLE THIEVES. ONE WONDERS WHY OUR POLICE HAVE BEEN A BIT CARELESS AND NEGLIGENT OVER THE PAST YEARS..WE KNOW THE CURRENT POLICE REACTION IS AS A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.MALAWI IS TOO SMALL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!

  12. Ife tikupe tikupempha maina ndi kocokela kwao. Mwina anayamba kale ndiposo main a mmanyumba mwao multi katundu wakuba mwinaso ndi cheni NDA finale a nasi so.family business

  16. I dont differentiate police shoot and mob justice. So our police doesnt need any information? Kubwezela kapena kulanga?

  17. Bravo POLICE for job well done. Can Government ban or de-register all NGO’s who are behind and Supporting thieves in Malawi.
    We are tired of these thieves and this is why we burn them alive in our communities once caught.

  18. Kill them all. Bravo Malawi Police. Stupid NGO’s that side with thiefs will also be dealt with as well.

  19. Stupid NGO’s, why don’t you speak when innocent people are killed by your thugs. You only speak when your thugs are killed. Let the blood of innocently killed people be upon you.

  22. Jod well done Police officers, had it been you started shooting to death criminals some time back, am sure the rise of robbery could have been reduced. Keep it up.

  23. Mtambo, why were you talking such nonsense on Zodiak. Let the thieves kill you now so that you stop your nonsense.

  25. Mr IG sir, please promote these officers.

    With who ever feels sorry, has no idea what is like to have these people break into your house.

    Kill them all.

  26. This is a lawless nation fill with the laws of YAH is not follow each do what is right in his own eyes. Woe to this wicked nation and corrupt Government judgement is coming. Profaning YAH sabbath day by shedding blood. The police themselves are thieves, murderers, and corrupt and just a bunch of hired mercenary to protect the exploitation of the savages from europe and to contain the so called crime that their system is responsible for creating. The devil is loose in that Nation innocent blood is being spill every day.

  29. We know better than the police do because we stay with these criminals in our communities so Don’t withhold information. Let our police know what is happening in our communities. They will act very swiftly.

  32. In 30 days we will launch a boko haram on Malawi NGOs that are fond of talking where they are not supposed to talk. You need to understand that people, being robbed and killed by these hyenas called thieves or robbers, are innocent and need government’s protection through law-enforcers. What the police officers are doing is the noble job they were trained for. And they deserve our support and promotion by IG. Police keep on doing your work, leave stupid NGOs in our hands. We will teach them

  33. This what the Malawian Nation is looking for,from the police not torturing people around

  34. Bravo the CID team we need to eliminate these people chifukwa mukawasiya the following day they will kill u.

  35. Job well done by our police officers we are proud of your achievement we don’t need armed robbers in Malawi please they should perish and those that write against our police be investigated as we have seen that others that are involved in cashgate are defending fellow cashgetters

  37. Well done MPS. THERE MUST BE A LINK WITH THE PETRODA THEFT. After getting away at that staion, they must have thought their Christmas’s time had arried. Well done cops.

  38. Inu amene muli ma neighbours a mbava zimenezi do the nation a favour and boycott the funeral ceremony olo mukapitako tiuzeni may a Anamfedwa kuti anena kuti wawo wafa bwanji but also tell us more about these people their lifestyle etc. I’m waiting.

  39. Bravo police, this is just as good as mob justice, tizingowapha if found in or arising out the act

    1. At all stages a suspect must be treated fairly this is not justice some one will answer here believe you me and the image of malawi is being tainted grobarly this is a country that does not respect human right every one has aright to life even a wakupha nzake dziko la eriteria layamba kuyankha

  43. Mwapita bwino ndi ntchito zanu zakulandilani ku hell anthu oyipa inu, a police osanyegelera ombelani basi!!!!!!!!

  45. Number 40 * noma ya chani*
    pa chakuti chako ok wakutuma ndi ndani mtambo olo ndani to hell with your human rights so the police have no right to live? our brothers and sisters akuphedwa mmakomo mwawo..amenewa do no have a right to live BUT mbavazi? i guess mbavazi ndi azibale ako olo apo ayi iweyo ndi mbava…

  48. Mumuuze Kaipa asamalimbane ndi a zimai ogulitsa manachesi ku depot kumawataila ndi kupondaponda manachesiwo, ntchito ndi imeneyi azilimbana ndi akuba ku depot ko akusowetsa mtendere anthu

  49. Awa amafuna kuba mwawapha. Mwachita bwino. A Cashgate ADABA (pofunapo padadutsa) koma simudawaphe mumachitanso kuwalondera mmanyumba mwawo nkumawatchulanso ‘yes sir’, chilungamo chanu chiri pati. Dziwani kuti Patience has a limit.

  53. Democracy yagulitsa ufulu ndi mtendere pa mtengo wotsika. Hunt for these criminals in their hide outs wipe them out one by one. Do not waste time taking these criminals to court. These criminals are at War with the Nation.

  54. We need their names please.Akumavuta kwabasi mumalo momwera surrounded by money hungry bitches.Look now they will be manure for our fields and termites will be fat from these thieves.Apolice phopholani onse tiziyenda mwantendere ndipo magalimoto anthu azigona kunja.Nanga mipanda yanyumba ngati munthu uli Ku maula prison osaonetsa view ya nyumba chifukwa choopa akuba abale?

  56. sharia law ndi nyatwa bwezi tikuyenda mwa nyatwa opanda makape akubawa,koma eee paja anzathuwa inakakhala ijayi ee stadium yaphulika,nsika watele,depot nayonso ee! end times

  57. We need the identities of these low lives where they come from.They must be having girlfriends,wives,parents,friends who have alot of information.You should also dig alot of information as where all the guns are acquired from and who taught them to be marksmen to use rifles like the army and police.
    Lastly Malawi should create employment for the youth whom most are living hopeless lives or give out some out loans to stop idling.Idling is sinful even in the bible.Maiko mwa anzathu even munthu wosamphuzira anamupezera chochita.It seems Malawi has alot of illegal guns that are putting people’s lives at risk.Well done police.That was supposed to be done even to cashgate people.They are just wasting tax payers money with their useless cases.Alot of people died with curable diseases in hospitals because hospitals lacked funds to buy drugs while others were living poshy lives with stolen billions.They also don’t deserve to live.They are also
    just Kanengo gun toting thugs who have been pumped by lead metals.Well done Malawi Police.

  58. Well done Police. Ex Form 4 students were beginning to think that police work is a dearh trap.

    Umphawi wanyanya ku Malawi inde koma kuberana is not a good solution. Aisove Peter. Stop blaming JB and work.

  60. nyasatimes, what about identities.

    akapokola iyi ni nchito yomwe timafuna manje. mwaachitabwino so. olo ku zambia wakapokola wanzanu bapailatu wakuba.

    ku Nsanje kuno, tikuti. bha mwachita bwino kuwavangavanga misolo yayo

  63. What is the root cause of this robbery? lets address that or else by 2019 we will have shot half of the nation because poverty is the problem actually there are many thieves not just caught in this country, so Mr President please eliminate poverty as soon and save lives.

  66. I would like to salute the Malawi Police Service for the well done job.Keep on protecting the Malawian nation

  70. good job ma polisa athu. shoot first ask later. atsala mahule, ma yoh ndi amasatchet. anthu amenewa sakulithandiza chilichonse dziko lino..

  71. good job ma polisa athu. shoot first ask later. atsala mahule, ma yoh ndi amasatchet. anthu amenewa sakulithandiza chilichonse dziko lino.

  73. After shooting and killing them, shoot them again and again in order to kill and kill them again and again!

  76. Keep it up. Please do not stop. Do not let illegal NGO to stop you. Palibenso za Human Rights here. Athu oyipawo aphedwe basi. Way to goooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    A Human Rights wo akubawo adzawaphele abale awo ndiye adzawone umo zimapwetekela..

  79. Billy Kaunda gave us the truth when he sang WOYENDA NDI LUPANGA LIDZAMUPHE NDI LUPANGA LAKERO. EVERYONE WILL HARVEST WHAT SHE/HE SOWS

  86. That is wat we expected from polic,otherwise bwezi tikuva malilo a police daily,mabwana a polic osati mwana akaomba milandu mbwe zipolopolo zigwire ntchito,boma tsatan ndondomeko yabwino pochotsa ntchito asirikali otherwise mbola zipitilila.

  91. Please more of these stories, police move on, don’t hesitate. It’s a sigh of relief after the petroda saga.

  92. Ziphedwe basi zilombo zimenezi, zikapezeka osazimanga ai koma kupha basi, naonso apolice akumaphedwawa ndi wanthu.

  102. Kupha basi..criminals dont deserve empathy..these people rape women in full view of their husbands and children..

  110. Ndasangalala chomene more fire men in uniform zikakhala mbuli zina zija zikupha anthu owonera mpira. Police itenge ma TATA onse mma Baracks. Good work bravo MPS.

  111. Kill the bas*#@ds… shoot first and ask the questions later!!! Well done guys… normally I am a liberal but when it comes to thugs kill them.

  112. Mwaitha apolisi I love you all. Kip it up you have our support. Osati za ma human rights where moyo wa wakuba matters and osati moyo wapolisi

  116. This is what we should have been doing to the cashgate criminals. Alas! We lost the opportunity.

  118. well done security agents, thats the way to go. we dont want uniform carriers in policing!! use those ammunitions as long as they last. But you nyasa scribe be creative enough when choosing headlines, cant you just say ‘police have gunned down four robberers’ dont use ‘shoot-to-kill’ coz it reminds us of its lack of mandate.

  119. Retiring Package a Ps can receive at a MANDATORY RETIRING AGE or an MP after five year contract, Robbers make it in seconds.
    Look at their bodies very healthy, they have best meals at every meal time. Look at a civil servant Boney, esh!! skeleton yeni-yeni. MP loans with every bank.
    SHOOT TO KILL POLICY will restore the WARMTH OUR COUNTRY EVER HAD. ONE BY ONE BEING SHOT, UNTIL THEY WILL BE WIPED.

  121. Thats good news they deserve to die and plz citizens lets hold our hands togather to help our police by reporting any suspicious activity to curb this criminals

  124. I saw these thugs after brave police officers overcome them .On this one thumbs up officers .

  127. I AM A MAN, BUT I CAN AS WELL kiss THE IG. OUR POLICE NOW UR WORKING, KILL THEM ALL. NDISAMVE KA NGO KENA KAKUNENA ZA utsiru ZOTI HUMAN RIGHTS. TO HELL WITH UR HUMAN RIGHTS. BRAVO OUR POLICE, SHOOT B4 THEY SHOOTS U.

    1. Ndiye chitsiru china cha human rights chayankhula kuti eti akubawa awalakwira anali ndi ufulu okhala ndi moyo. kodi amene amati aberedwewo alibe ufulu? nanga chitetezo chawo chikadakhala chotani kwa akubawa omwe anali ndi mfuti? iwe wabungwe sukonda dziko ndipo ngati kuli kufuna kutchuka nkhani yake siyi.

  130. well done our police this is what they did when they are robbing, they take property & also kill the owner.

  139. What has become of the warm-hearted, humble, and loving people of my country Malawi? Instead of working hard to succeed, they think robbing someone is the only way out to make quick bucks regardless of obvious suffering they impose on the families of victims they kill in cold blood. Kill all the robbers without a pinch mercy so they can taste recipes of their own medicine.

  140. That’s good news keep it up,yomwe ija ya Bingu pa Bakhresa SHOOT to KILL one time…

  142. Am very disappointed that the police only managed to kill four. A minimum of ten would have been a relief to some of us. These thugs deserve no any sort of mercy or sympathy from anybody

  143. Please, Mr IG promote these officers who have done the recommendable job in eliminating these criminals.

  144. Mwagwira ntchito apa ndipo pitilizani. Inu a mabungwe paja munkati mbava zili ndi ufulu wosaomberedwa eti? Apolisi thidzimulani mbava mosayangana nkhope coz pali 50/50 ya moyo ndi imfa pakati pa inu apolisi, mbava, ndi oberedwa katundu. Choncho ngati ali ndi zida please shoot to kill.Thats a well done job.

  147. This is excellent work. Now following the same tips, track them down in the various locations.

  148. A Kachama hooyeeeeeeee! Anthu awa mankhala ndi amenewa basi. Osa siya tili pambuyo panu. More fire a police. Please promote the shooters.

  150. Zimaderera mbava zimene. This is just ignition, you need to engage gear one, and then gear two. If they don’t stop, then finish them.

    Actually you should go on a revenge for killing a police man. which one police man to 1,000 robbers.

  151. For the past 27 years since I witnessed Kamuzi as president of Malawi,,this is one of the best action our police has taken,,,had it been the action was employeed in the past years all criminals could hv been wiped out by today,Malawi cld hv been free and Very secure,,,,shoot them,,,kill them,,,take their life out,,,make them die and we wont cry…

  154. How can you pay evil for evil? What ist it that the bible say? Well it is so, should peter mtharika be killed also? For he steal above of those who are died. Why are those involved in cash gate not excuted? Are malawians foolish enough to not know that the president and his wife robbed Nach?

  157. They will resort for plan B and that is stealing cows where these armed policemen will appear after 72 hrs, otherwise this is good news

  158. osawalekelera amenewa , see them and do not hesitate to shoot lest atiphera apolisi athu

  160. we are only interested in how many thugs hv been killed atleast three per poach is fair we want to drastically reduce number of robbers

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