Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition in parliament, Lazarus Chakwera, has said it is sad that a few superstitious individuals and communities have chosen to “tear the fabric of our society apart” and disturb the peace in the country through spread of fallacious ‘bloodsucking’ rumours. Malawi has been marred with the rumours, […]
The Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) has said it has gathered no evidence from the health facilities in the ‘vampirism’ hotspots that anyone has adequate clinical evidence to support claims by some individuals in different parts of the southern region of the country that they encountered blood suckers. The society’s president Dr Amos Salimanda […]
President Peter Mutharika on Saturday denied that he t hat he will let Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa deal with the blood sucking saga as it is connected with witchcraft, saying them media misquoted him. During a rally the President held in Phalombe on Monday as part of his tour of areas affected by the saga, he said he […]
A Magistrate court in Zomba has convicted 47-year old Stanford Bamusi of Mtiwa Village in the district to three months imprisonment with hard labour for spreading ‘blood-sucking’ rumours without no option of a fine. Bamusi was charged with conduct likely to cause breach of peace. Nyasa Times learnt that Bamusi—upon seeing a vehicle that was […]
Malawi Police in Balaka have arrested three people for allegedly murdering an innocent person who was suspected of being a blood sucker at Chiyendausiku in the same district of Balaka some few days ago. Eastern Region Police Public Relations Officer Inspector Joseph Sauka identified the three as Mazuzo Kasiyamphanje (21), Amosi Kasiyamphanje (17) and Paul […]
A 28-year-old man identified as James Linyada of Chemusa Township in Blantyre is currently in police custody for calling a police officer “opopa magazi”- a blood sucker. Linyada who hails from Galeta village T/A Chekucheku in Neno district has been charged with Proposing Violence contrary to Section 87 (1) of the Penal Code. Blantyre Police […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri says he is shocked and disheartened with smear campaign on social media allegedly linking him to the bloodsucking myth in Malawi. The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader adds he could hardly believe that some Malawians, whom he call his brothers and sisters, could be so “heartless and devilish” in fabricating such damaging […]
Media houses in the country have formed a task force that aims at developing mechanisms on how best the media can coordinate, handle and deliver messages on the rumor of blood suckers which has hit the country hard. The formation of the task force followed a meeting Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi […]
If Malawi had a leader worth his salt, these embarrassing and senseless myths about so called bloodsuckers—which so far has claimed 8 innocent lives—could not have been an issue today. But typical of his average, President Peter Mutharika, when these nonsensical stories erupted in the Lhomwe belt leading to deaths, chose, like a tortoise, to […]
The Malawi Law Society has challenged President Peter Mutharika to rise up to duty and protect innocent Malawians that are being killed for being suspected of involvement in the blood sucking ritualistic practices. In a statement released Friday afternoon and madeavailable to Nyasa Times, the society has even warned that if nothing is done, the […]
A well-coordinated operation comprising police officers from Blantyre, Limbe, Kabula, Chileka, Manje, Mbayani and E – Company from Zomba has netted about 140 people for causing mayhem in Chileka, Kachere and Machinjiri areas in Blantyre under the pretext of hunting for blood suckers, Inspector General of the Malawi Police Services, Lexten Kachama told reporters on […]
The United States of America embassy in Lilongwe has warned its citizens in Malawi of a ” large civil disturbance ” in the southern region, advising them to take special care when visiting places as the ‘bloodsuckers’ saga is getting out of hand with its recent spread to commercial capital Blantyre . On Thursday the […]
A medical at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Dr Rodrick Banda says was nearly attacked by heavily armed young men and women near Kameza along Chileka road when he was coming from work last night. “After performing a successful operation last night , I was driving home at around 23:30, I met a group of young […]
The vampire paranoia continue to cause unreast in the country as on Thursday in Blantyre a 22-year-old man, was torched and another was stoned to death following suspicion of s sucking people’s blood, Malawi Police confirmed. Police spokesman in southern region Ramsy Mushani confirmed that an angry mob at Chatha Village in Blantyre roughed a a […]
The vampire paranoia continue to cause unreast in the country as on Thursday Blantyre sparked several attacks on suspected bloodsuckers with two more people killed following suspicion of some persons sucking people’s blood in the district, Police confirmed. Police spokesman in southern region Ramsy Mushani confirmed said an angry mob at Chatha Village in Blantyre roughed […]
Ngolongoliwa, the paramount chief for the Lhomwe and the “mwene wa mamwene” of the Mulhako wa Alhomwe grouping has assured government and his subjects that traditional leaders under his jurisdiction will eliminate the ‘bloodsuckers’ myth and catch the suspects by the end of this month of October, 2017 through power of magic. Ngolongoliwa made the […]
An angry mob on Monday assaulted and killed one person in Balaka who they suspected as being a blood sucker. Confirming the development in an interview, Senior Superintendent Aggrey Bondo of Balaka Police Station said the deceased was found by the mob around 1 am at Chiyendausiku Area just loitering. “The deceased, Alufeso Galangala, was […]
President Peter Mutharika has assured people in the Lhomwe-belt – Phalombe, Thyolo, Mulanje, and Chiradzulu districts that his government has intensified security and is to get tp the bottom of the suspected “bloodsuckers” saga in the area, appealing ti the people to be calm. Speaking at Phalombe Secondary School ground on Monday where he engaged […]