Malawi Police shoot, kill armed robbery suspects

Two people believed to have been on a armed robbery operation at Kaunda Puma filling station in Lilongwe were shot dead by Malawi Police officers after they exchanged gun-shots and other two were arrested.

Suspect: Killed
Suspect: Killed

Police, acting on a tip off,  had the suspects on surveillance  and rounded them up as they wanted to rob  cash from attendants had accumulated from sales overnight between the newly-constructed Lilongwe West By-pass Road roundabout and Gateway Mall.

Commissioner for the Central Region Demster Chigwenembe said two  died instantly and one managed to escape. Two other suspects were successfully arrested and are currently in police custody.

Chigwenembe identified those arrested as as Ngalande Kapalamula, 40, from Chinkombero Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Malili in Lilongwe and Howard Chazemba, 41, of Smith Village, T/A Malili, but based in Area 23.

They were found with an AK 47 assault rifle with 18 rounds of ammunition, a sharp axe, one shock stick, Valium and 20 meticais.

Police continue to investigate and more details on this incident and the previous robberies will be available at a later time, police said.

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mr chimbwititi
mr chimbwititi
9 years ago

good pa good.muziombela pa mimba mabwana

tiger
tiger
9 years ago

Mukagwira mbava ipheni

limbani banda phiri
limbani banda phiri
9 years ago

The moment these robbers have guns and pangas,just know that they are coming to get somebody’s life.So the police do not need to have mercy with them.The only language they understand is blowing out their filthy brains from their useless heads.Finish them all.We need a Crime Free Malawi even the outsiders coming to cause havoc in Malawi will be doing at owners risk.

daniso wa daniso
daniso wa daniso
9 years ago

Thumbs to the Police.These Lowlife Scum were there to snuff out mercilessly somebody life if not discovered earlier by police.Good that the police are getting rid of these scum who are always thinking of making easy money.We need a clean Lilongwe.Shoot them all like pigs.Amatibowa muma location umu ndi makobili okuba surrounded by money hungry bitches.Tikufuna kuti mtsogolo umu ttizizayenda 12 midnight with no hassles like in Kigali.Mulinso ana amabwana okuba ndi mifuti muma area umu nawonso akapezeka just get rid them like chicken.There are parents who doesn’t ask their children where they get different stuff without having proper source… Read more »

Salary harmonization
Salary harmonization
9 years ago

Shoot to kill policy ? Mbava ziyamba kuwopa tsopano

Bomanile
Bomanile
9 years ago

Congrats police. This isa what peace loving Malawians have been asking for. Of course where possible, as you have done in this cxase, arrest one or two so that they can devulge reveal details about their accomplices both dead and living. Once again keep it up. Anyone who criticises this is an enemy of peace loving Malawians and is a potential accomplice

bratusha
bratusha
9 years ago

Koma abale mukumuonetsetsa mkuluyo ziwalo zake zitalizitali. Ameneyo kuti wakulowera mnyumba basitu kumangodzikodzera ndi mantha. Komanso sangakusiyire moyo uyu. Ayi Mulungu wayankha apa.

bratusha
bratusha
9 years ago

Ndimati ndingobenthulako pang’ono kuti midzi yonse yomwe yazungulira mzinda wa Lilongwe ndi ma safe haven a mbava zoopsa. Tsiku lina mudzangokhala ngati mwachita chipikisheni mudzaona anthu ogona masana kukonzekera move usiku.

bratusha
bratusha
9 years ago

Zikomo kwambiri inu a POLICE athu pa kankhani kabwino chonchika. Pempho kwa a Malawi anzanga amene muli ndi kuthekekera mukhoza kukonza ka mphatso kapadera kwa a Police amene agwira chintchito cholemetsa koma chotamandika choterechi. Iyi ikhala ngati incentive. Kuyambira lero inu a POLICE ndife pachibale mwamva!

Namalila
Namalila
9 years ago

No mercy with these guys once they find you in the house, they sometimes hit you to kill in order for them to instill fear in you so that you give them what they want. They deserve stiff punishment though the best would have been to disable them as oppose to kill instantly. If disabled, they may pose a good lesson to others would be perpetrators/offenders.

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