Malawi Police ‘shoot-to kill’ one, arrest two in robbery incident

December 12, 2014 Gladys Kamakanda 102 Comments

Police in Lilongwe during the night of December 9 shot dead one person and arrested two of the deceased’s accomplices charged with robbery with violence.

Shoot to kill
Shoot to kill

The incident happened within Area 49 in the city, according to Kanengo Police Relations Officer,  Salome Chibwana.

Chibwana , identified the deceased as Joseph Chiphwanya Njoka (age and district of origin not known) and the others as George Soko, 33, from Lumbadzi, Traditional Authority (T/A) Nkukula in Dowa and Henry Mlewa, 27, from the same area.

She alleged that the deceased and two suspects who were currently in custody were some of the people who were operating in groups breaking into houses at night.

“On the said date, they broke into a woman’s house in Area 49,” Chibwana said, adding that the suspects ran away after stealing goods worth an undisclosed sum of money.

She said police confronted the three after well-wishers tipped them about the place where the suspects were residing.

“Police together with the Criminal Investigation Department and people in the community went to their home where they found them and in the process, the suspects started running away.

“This forced the police to shoot in the air to scare them. A stray bullet hit the deceased on his leg,” said Chibwana.

She said a postmortem conducted at Area 25 clinic revealed that the deceased died due to loss of blood.

According to Chibwana, police recovered goods such as decoders, DVD players and TV screens, among others, from the suspects’ home.

She said the two suspects would appear before court soon to answer charges of robbery with violence.-Mana

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102 replies on “Malawi Police ‘shoot-to kill’ one, arrest two in robbery incident”

  1. Kill all of them,wherever your keeping them.This is only way to scare other thugs,who plan to rob people in their homes an businesses hence reducing congetion in prisons.

  2. The police must have been extremely lucky to catch them. At a function on Saturday afternoon where we paid for six officers to patrol for security, at least 2 cars were broken into while the officers just sat under a a tree chatting and drinking lots of fanta.

  5. Just pump some lead metals into these scums low lifes.They r a menace to our lives in the city.Wipe them all.Fed up with these thieves.

  11. I like stray bullets. You should have fired 3 times so that we have 3 stray bullets. Never too late, you can still fire two more stray bullets and am sure on their way down they will find the other two thieves wherever they are. Bravo stray bullet! Bravo Malawi police! Bravo Kanyani or Chinyani or Kanyama whatever you are!

  13. A cash gate onse,a 13Bn kaya a 92Bn anthireni zipolopolo basi, muzingoti tinaombera mmwamba,ndiye chipolopolo pobwerera koma changotchyola mwendo. Musaone nkhope, kaya ndi wazamalamulo, minister ngakhale wamkazi iphani basi makhoti ngotseka awa

  14. True Robbers Are Dangerous People. They Do Not Only Come To Steal, But They Also Rape And Kill. Amamvetsa Chisoni Akagwidwa But They Are Not Friends Of The Community Because They Also Bring Down Development.

  16. kkkkkkkkk. shot in the air but hit his leg. tangonenani kuti mumatchela mwendo. well done police. afe onse afiti amenewa

  21. Loss of life is unfortunate, but one reaps what one sows. Robbers are dangerous
    people. They have no human ‘hearts’.

  23. Thank you Kanyama and your men and women in uniform. Pitty the stray bullets did not hit the other two as well. Let an accident happen to them while in prison. Agalu amenewa awonjeza, afe ndithu.

  26. I dont want to call this ‘a shoot to kill’ incident where we are told the victim was caught by a stray bullet which hit him on the leg. He died from excessive loss of blood, a position I believe would have been prevented if there was the will to rush the victim to hospital

  28. bravo police reform hope you will deal with them accordingly akangotuluka tiwawotcha, no option.

  29. Congrants should also go to the Chirimba family that fought to safeguard their property and killed one thief. Though the Chirimba pple are savages they ended up attacking the good people in the afternoon instead of thanking them. The afternoon attack made the youthful family lose a fridge, a gym machine and assorted items which i hope the new IG will encourage his men to investigate and recover the items and bring the calprits to face the law. Keep it up Kanyama. Tisamve kuti PAC yakana the new IG. We shall much to parliament in protest. After all parliamentarians are common thieves. Look at their salary hikes and how they evade to pay back their loans.

  31. These devils shoot them coz these criminals are merciless to fellow human beings.keep it up police mwina tingamagone tulo

  34. Kukonza kukonza basi..whether u shot in the air and the bullet manuvered to the leg….good move….mwatinso anawombera mmalere then the bullet hit the leg..MAGIC

  37. Kuyankhula Kwa Munthu Wamkulu Kupondeleza abale imagine shooting on air searching for legs killed one thief how?or kutankhala ku court umazimangitsa wekha:pa banja amati waphwasura wekha banja ndimanja ako.kodi muneneli iwe wati chani?kkkkkkkkk

  40. congratulations mr new IG! we have been waiting to hear something good like this. agalu amenewa alibe mtima wa umunthu. SHOOT TO KILL THEM! They dont worth living. They are terrors, they do everything. Keep it Up Police. No mercy for a thug! Good work.

  44. THE POLISH SHORT IN THE AIR TO SCARE THEM BUT A STRAY BULLET HIT ONE IN THE LEG.??MY FOOT OSH!.AGAIN SHOT IN THE LEG AND LEFT TO DIE BREEDING

  45. THE POLISH SHORT IN THE AIR TO SCARE THEM BUT A STRAY BULLET HIT ONE IN THE LEG.??MY FOOT OSH!.

  46. Koma spokesperson iwe ukuuzadi MALAYILA nkhani imeneyi, the officer shot in the air & the stray bullet hit the suspect on the leg? Really….. In the air, was the suspect flying….. Mtolankhaniwenso ndiwe chitsilu, you can’t think & ask a follow up question?

    1. Only chitsiru would sympathise with akuba a pa Malawi. Ndipo chitsiru chimenechi may thieves break into his house and rape all the women in his house.

  50. How could you shoot in the air and a stray bullet hit the suspect on the leg??!! Just tell the truth to Malawians..policeman aimed at the suspect and shot him. Osatinamiza kuti it was a stray bullet. With the current crime rates, not many will blame you for hitting the target!

  53. Kill more of these idiots; if they are arrested the courts acquit them. So kill as many thugs as you can please to clean the cities of thieves.

  55. Bravo Police.Kanyama You Are Like Mkhito Your Younger Brother.Sitikufuna Kumva Zoti A Amabungwe Aza Human Rights Kapena Human Lefts Akasumira A Police Ku Khoti.

  58. Reporters reporters reporters. Akuba akamaba mukuti failure of security, wakuba akaphedwa mufuna madonors awerenge kuti ufulu wa anthu ukuphedwa through shoot to kill……mumandikwana heavy. Mumatifinyatu amalawife in the name of informing the nation and exercising the right to information…..

  62. komanso apolice nomwenu ndinu mbava zotheratu ndiye nanu mukagwira nzanu wapolice woti waba please iphani osamusekerela mwamva komaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  63. Good job. Koma poyankhula chonde tamaonetsetsani kuti zikafika Ku khoti zinthuzi. They shot in the air and hit him in the leg..,. Osafikira pa mutu bwanji? Anazondoka?

  65. kill all the beast, these are not human beings, they want to reap where they havent saw. mwayamba bo mr IG. The honey moon for thieves is over, i cort ur words

  67. OSAMANGOOMBELA CHISAWAWA, AZIKHALADI AKUBA ENIENI OSANGOTI AKAKUMANANI MASACHETI BASI CHIKHALE CHIADI TSIKU LINA MUDZAMUOMBELE PONAMIZA AMALAWI KUTI NDI MBAVA.

  69. why should we spare the rights of robbers if they don’t spare the rights of innocent Malawians, who works tooth and nail to acquire a screen,

    good keep it up

  70. Police, we are united in encouraging you to kill them. Ife tikuvutika ndi ma ganyo iwo azitibera ife. Kill them all

  72. Mwachita bwino kuyipha but a police bodza musiye lonena kuti munayiombela pa mwendo ndiye yafa chifukwa yataya magazi mmmm ndi boza limenelo chifukwa mwenzi wathau mutaphanso msitikali mumati mwangomuombelanso pamwendo .

  78. If you are engaged in criminal activities like burglary with violence expect to meet such a fate one day. Ntchito za manja awo ndizo zafikitsa pamenepa-wina kuphedwa ena kugwidwa!

  79. Good work police, keep it up. Our human rights groups should shut up and turn a blind eye to this whole thing till they are completely wiped out.

  86. Very excellent our dear Police, keep it up. Tayamba kulimba mtima. Shoot shoot shoot and shoot to kill them osawanyengelera. Kanyama, up up up pliz forward ever

  87. well done. There is no country that negotiates with robbers. robbers do not negotiate with any one. SO SHOOT TO KILL THEM on the scene of crime.

  93. Iphani dzimenedzi mdzinyama si anthu konse, dzinthu dzopanda mzimu kusautsa mtundu wa anthu. Kuba katundu woti mwini wake wakhetsera nthukuta kumupeza

  94. bravo police-but pliz i beg you don’t shoot the legs, shoot the head or the chest so that you shoot the heart, they don’t deserve to live

  95. Mr. Kanyama go ahead ana a Lunguzi alibe masewela Police ndi Police basi osaopa akuba ai shot to kill anatero Bingu

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