Malawi Police in southern district of Mwanza have arrested a 27-year-old herbalist they believe exhumed the body of a new born baby and removed some parts barely a week after it was buried. The suspect, identified as Stanley Watison Mphonde, a renowned herbalist in the district, will answer charges of trespassing into a graveyard and […]
A 35 year old woman from Mnkhwani Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chief Ganya in Ntcheu was Thursday morning found dead in a garden near her home without private parts. Confirming the incident, Ntcheu Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Hastings Chigalu said the deceased; Yokoleta Bauleni Wednesday left her home at around 6.00 […]
Malawi Police is investigating an illicit trade of human body parts after unknown people are said to be exhuming and extracting bones from dead bodies in Traditional Authorities Chowe and Kapoloma in Malawi’s eastern district of Machinga. It is reported that people removed heels and knee cartilage from the bodies of diseased people, extracted bone […]
Police in Phalombe district are keeping in custody a 15 years-old girl for allegedly slicing her husband’s private parts after he refused to have sex with her. The victim, Misheck Chinkhuku 22 and, a fisherman by trade hails from Ligomeka village T/A Jenala in the district. Phalombe Police Public Relations Officer, Augustus Nkhwazi told Nyasa […]
A young Malawi man has his international headlines for allowing a hyena to chew off his genitals as part of a bizarre ritual which he hoped would make him rich. Chamangeni Zulu, from Malawi, has been hospitalised at Chipata General Hospital in Zambia, near the Malawi border, after he allowed the hyena to eat his […]
Police in Nkhotakota are keeping in custody two hospital attendants from Nkhotakota District Hospital for allegedly being found in possession of human parts. The suspects are identified as Ellen Phiri, 36, of Potifala Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kaomba in Kasungu and Blessings Dustan, 20, of Lizinda Village, Senior Chief Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota. Nkhotakota Police […]
Police in Karonga Monday night shot a 16 year-old Form One girl during riots that ensued following people’s dissatisfaction with the manner in which the state is handling businessman John Phiri’s aborted private parts business case. People are questioning the state why Phiri is being used as a whistleblower and not a witness to Owen […]
Police in Malawi’s border district of Karonga Monday evening fired teargas at an angry mob that wanted to ‘finish off’ John Phiri– a renowned business magnate in the district allegedly into private body parts business. Scores of people were seen around Karonga Magistrate Court, both in the morning and afternoon hours of Monday, hoping to […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has today Thursday passed custodial sentence to four Malawians found guilty of possessing and offering for sale human private parts. The four are Samalani Jabu, Lufeyo Mphimbi, Erick Mwandira and Sabita Mwale and were arrested in the capital on May 24 this year. Their arrest came after Mwandira and Mwale were caught at a filling station offering the body parts for sale at K8 million. The two told police they were […]
Police in Mzimba have arrested a 32 year old Moses Malengenya Phiri from Kafoteka Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mzikubora in the district for allegedly being found with human private parts. Mzimba Police Station Crimination Investigation Department Officer, George Chilinda, said the suspect was arrested on Sunday for being found with private parts […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has set 2nd July as the judgment day for a case involving two Kamuzu Central Hospital mortuary attendants and two others being accused of removing and selling human body tissues. During the last court appearance, the court found the four accused persons with a case to answer but lawyer representing the accused […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate court Monday adjourned a case in which four people are answering charges of removing and vending private body parts after ruling that the suspects have a case to answer. Two of the accused Samalani Jabu and Lufeyo Mphimbi are being accused of removing human body tissues which is contrary to section 18(a) […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has set Monday, 17 June, 2013 as the ruling day for the case involving four people suspected of removing and vending private body parts. The suspects Lufeyo Mphimbi, Samalani Jabu, Eric Mwandira and Sabita Mwale have been charged with being found with human body parts and supplying human body tissues which […]
Police in Malawi’s Capital City Lilongwe have arrested three men and one woman for being found with human male private parts which two of the arrested suspects were trying to sell to one of the businesswomen within the Capital City. The arrested four include two mortuary attendants from the city largest referral Kamuzu Central Hospital […]
Lufeyo Cheliyaya Mphimbi a mortuary supervisor for Kamuzu Central Hospital has been arrested for allegedly chopping off penises from corpses. Mphimbi will answer the charge of supplying human body tissue contrary to Section 16 (B) CAP: 34:05 of Anatomy Act. He recently gave me a newspaper exclusive interview. With permisision from journalist Bright Mhango, Nyasa […]
A 30-year-old man is battling for life at Zomba Central Hospital after unidentified thugs severed his private parts at Matawale Township in the eastern part of Zomba City on Sunday night. Eastern Region Police spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude identified the patient as Steven Juma, a businessman from Mwandiyesamwana Village, Traditional Authority Mwambo in the district. He […]
A 60-year-old Duncan Lemani who was security guard at Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi in Zomba has died while receiving treatment at Zomba Central Hospital after unknown thugs severed his private parts on Saturday night. Eastern Region Police spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude and hospital administrator Fredson Kambeni confirmed the death on […]
A First Grade Magistrate Court in Mzimba district has jailed a 23 year old man to two years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to sell human private body parts to businessman for use to boost his business. Mzimba Police Station spokesma Sergeant Gift Nyirongo said in a statement made available to Nyasa Time that […]