Malawi Police in Lilongwe Tuesday re-arrested gang leader of notorious group popularly known as ’11 Bongos’ in Area 36 Location in the city of Lilongwe. Tiyese James was given High Court bail on July 1 this month for alleged robbery, arson and terrorising the community. Lilongwe Police publicist, Kingsley Dandaula, confirmed the arrest of Tiyese […]
The infamous youth gangs which used to terrorise residents of Area 36 in Lilongwe will be fought to the last breath, Humane Consortium on Nature for Mankind (HCNM), a local non-governmental organisation, has said. The assurance comes at a time when the country is recording high incidences of organised crime, burglary and daylight robbery which […]
“I was brutally beaten up by a group of young men who thronged my house some minutes after 6 in the evening. I shouted for help to no avail,” recounts Giveness Lazoni Msumali. It was in February 2014. She suffered a ruthless beating at her house. The group of about 21 youngmen came looking for […]
Malawi Police have confirmed that they arrested arrested 22 year old Tiyese James who is suspected to have led a gang of notorious youths that murdered 18 year old Richard Master. Master, who resided in Lilongwe’s Area 36, died on 31 March 2014 in an inter-gang wrangle between “Soft Bombers”, a gang to which he […]
Malawi Police in the capital Lilongwe say they have arrested a senior commander of the criminal gang called ‘11 Bongos’. The notorious youth criminal group has carried out banditry and anti-social attack in Area 36 of Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer Kingsley Dandaula has said t the arrested commander is identified as ‘Amoni’ and […]