Malawi Police shoot to kill 3 fishermen on Lake Chilwa
Three fishermen have been killed on Lake Chilwa in Zomba whilst two others are battling for their lives after being shot by police.
Police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed of the incident and said investigations are underway.
According to Village Head Likapa, the incident happened earlier on Saturday when Mchenga Beach Village Committee members in conjunction with the law enforcers were patrolling the lake to consficate fishing nets from fishermen who were conducting illegal fishing.
The lake has been closed since December to observe the breeding season for fish.
Likapa said running battles erupted between the police and the fishermen who refused to hand over the fishing nets and later, police shot the three fishermen in the process.
He said angry residents then stoned Kachulu Police Unit before the law enforcers fired teargas to disperse the rioting villagers.
Kadadzera says the Malawi Human Rights Commission has been invited to help with investigations.
Deputy National Police Public Relations Officer, Peter Kalaya said the three were confirmed dead at Zomba Central Hospital where two people who were seriously injured are still admitted at the hospital.
What is there to investigate? Suspected criminals shoot dead three pple. Arrest them and prosecute them, let the courts decide whether there are clean or not
Nkhani yomvetsa chison Kwambiri…kupha anthu because of somba..
Police !!, You value utaka more than munthu?you simply could have arrested them brought them to court.Look now,you are in for it.
Anthu a ku Lake Chirwa,please,don’t let this issue die in the eggs,make sure,those police involved are arrested for mulder…
IG,arrest your juniors&those Msundwe rapists…
Koma IG,muli ndi chintchito ndi apolisi anu.
Ku college kwanuko mumaphuzitsana kupha,worse,innocent civilian?
We need reports of these cases…
-3 killed by police Zomba
-Women raped by police Lilongwe
-Police kill albino killer suspect Lilongwe
Inde,ndi Zina zambiri.
Kulemba without fear… Ambiri apolisi inu,you are useless.
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Mcp kamuzu on move
Where did they got order to kill poor fishermen
Why not just arresting them
Why kill them? Go and kill real criminals. Heartless police. Selfish
Koma izinso ndiye mbalume. Zoona apolisi kulasa anthu chifukwa cha utaka? Bwanji osangowanjata?Vuto lolembana pa chibale ku polisi amangotenga anhtu mbuli zoti sangaziphunzitse conflict management.Nfuti siinayenera kugwiritsidwa nchito pa nkhani ya zii ngati iyi.Apolisi adayenera kudekha ndikudikira anthuwa pa doko nikukambirana nawo nsomba ziri mmanja ngati umboni,Shoot to kill is not the best solution to avert a crime.
Typical MCP police brutality. Muyambe kuwelenga anthu mwayamba kupha, kumanga, kuchosa ntchito on trivial issues. Fish fish, do you think the whole world developed or survived because of fish!?not Malawian fish! You claim to have alot of fish in Malawi but still poorest country in the world. Msomba zikukuthandizani chani kuposa kupanga confirm umphawi wa dziko la Malawi. Others even timsomba tanuto they don’t eat them and get disgusted to see another whole country scrambling for small smelly fish&you kill someone for that? Murder case must be opened against these Brutal MCP policemen!
MYP on move
Inspector General achoke why killing unarmed civilians?
Timanena nthawi zambiri,
Malawi Police is useless and very discouraging.
They used force hence the fight that has lead to death of 3.
Why did they use live bullets?
They must be arrested..Mulder
IG,ndizimenezo tuu,amangeni together nd a kea Msundwe Aja ogwirira.
Malawi Police:
1-Kugwililira azimayi
2-Kupha anthu mu cell ndi kuwomera.
3-Katangale
4-Kupemphapempha misewu
Sinthani or kulekelathuu.
Mumati chitisa manyazi zedi.
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Ntchito ya Mfuti ixiziwika
Trigger happy cops above the law when in any kind of uniform or authority in Malawi
Why didn’t the police shoot to just disable the men? Mpaka kupha?
It shows our police officers are not properly trained to protect. You can’t kill a poor civilian who is not even armed. Police are there only to enforce the law. Immediate arrest of such officers should follow. Taking someone’s life shoud be avoided at all costs
I don’t condone the catching of fish in various fish waters of Malawi during the fish bleeding season but what I strongly condemn is the mercilessly killing of an innocent soul in the name of protecting aquatic lives i plead human rights task forces to cage those security officers so that should face the brunt side of the law
seriously? you cant shoot to kill criminals terrorising people in lilongwe mukukapha asodzi. Stupid Police
So pathetic to our security teams for taking the law into such animalistic deeds
Kodi ma tear gas, stun grenades, water canons, rubber bullets and other non fatal tools or methods of crowd control are not a priority? How can you use live bullets on unarmed people and kill them point blank just like that? Are our police so bloodthirsty that human life is now like a mosquito?
This is what is needed. Malawi has lost much of its natural resources in the name of protecting human rights. Because of this people don’t respect any laws. Don’t the fishermen know that the lake is closed.
Are we together, really. Protecting natural resources, ha?
Is there any logic to end someone’s life over fish. Possibly not even Chambo..Bonya and mere Usipa. Poverty in this country reeks. We are in trouble bwana.
This is bad very bad , do you shoot to kill
In such a case like this??
Human rights please help these
Half baked police officers bbbe
Brought to justice
U hav spoken true. Poverty is worst enemy of Malawi.
Afela msomba bassi
Why do we need Humans rights group now because those fishermen have been slaughtered ? Not at all we don’t need them let’s sensitize our community to preserve our natural resources osatingoti zili zonse makani .If the community was sensitized no life would be lost .let’s learn to respect our laws osati izi .