Police in Thyolo have launched a murder investigation after the bodies of two young children were pulled from a dam — with their parents nowhere to be found. The victims were named locally as four-year-old Martha James and her one-year-old sibling Smart James, whose bodies were discovered floating in Malamulo Dam yesterday by local women […]
An 11-year-old boy has died in a dam in Chikwawa after he fell into it following a fishing exercise. The police have identified the boy as Pililani Nyson. He was in the company of his friends when he slipped and accidentally fell into the dam where he had gone for fishing. The incident happened at […]
Three kids aged between 1 to two and half years old drowned in a well in Lilongwe’s populous Area 24 township during Christmas eve throwing spanners into celebrations their parents had planned to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. The three Halid Usuman, Bright Magulu and another one known as Alinafe are said to have […]
Bodies of four children who drowned into Shire river at Tedzani hydro power plant in Neno were buried on Monday in an emotional funeral service. Six children on Sunday aged between two and four went to play in upstream of the hydro power plant called Tedzani pond when the four of them drowned. Egenco spokesperson […]
A 22 year old Mzuzu University (MZUNI) Student, Innocent Mlanda has died after drowning in Lake Malawi in Nkhata Bay district. Nkhata Bay Police Publicist, Kondwani James, said the deceased alongside with his Catholic faithfuls from the University, held a farewell party for their outgoing fourth yearcolleagues, at Msondozi beach Lodge in Chintheche. “According to the […]
A Form Three student at Kunyanja Private Secondary School Tuesday drowned in Lake Malawi at Chikale beach in Nkhata Bay District. Nkhata Bay Police spokesperson, Kondwani James said the deceased, Yotam Nyirenda, 24, on Tuesday afternoon went swimming at Chikale beach. James said Yotam did not come back until late at night when his parents […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe are expressing worry over the high rate people who drown during rainy season, saying this season alone, 21 people have drowned. Police spokesperson in Phalombe Innocent Moses said most of them are drunkards who attempt to cross flooded rivers whilst seven of them are children whose parents never care where their […]
Two children aged between four and three have drowned in a pond in Mangochi as police are warning parents to take care of their children in this rainy season. Mangochi police spokesperson Rodrick Maida said Rafida Kazembe (4) and Aisha Mtewa (3) were found floating in a pond, dead on December 31 2018 around 2PM. […]
A 42 year old tourist from South Korea on Sunday drowned in Lake Malawi at Mayoka Village Lodge in Nkhata Bay district. Confirming the news, Nkhata Bay Police Spokesperson, Kondwani James said Hye Young Park who came to Malawi as a tourist went to swim in the morning in Lake Malawi on Sunday. “Miss Hye […]
Two Indian brothers drowned on Sunday at Kande Beach in Nkhatabay after the boat which they were traveling in Lake Malawi capsized due to strong winds. Nkhatabay Police Spokesperson, Kondwani James, confirmed the death of Dherya Patel 21, and Aushu Patel 19. James said the two were sons of Mzuzu based businessman, Chetau Patel 45, […]
Two teenage boys have drowned in a river in Kasungu where they went to swim and do some water games. Kasungu police spokesperson Harry Namwaza identified the two as Joshua Banda and Gerald Manda, both 16 from Gululumula village in chief Kaluluma’s area in the district. Namwaza said the bodies of the two boys have […]
Three people have died after a dug-out canoe they were travelling in on Sunday afternoon capsized in Nkulamitete River, in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Ndamera in Nsanje District. Nsanje Police Spokesperson Sergeant, Agnes Zalakoma has confirmed the development on Monday at the Boma. She explained that at around 1 pm, five people were […]
A seven year old, David Majawa fell into the well and drowned while playing with his kite at Zingwa village in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Spokesperson, Kingsley Dandaula said that Evelesi Banet who is the mother of the deceased report the accident to police. “The deceased was playing with his kite where he fell into the […]
A Fourth Year Polytechnic student, Evance Banda, died on Saturday after drowning in Lake Malawi in Mangochi, police have confirmed. Banda was among the Polytechnic’s fourth year students who were having a symposium at Andrews Holiday Resort in the lake shore district and he met his fate when the students went swimming around noon According […]
Two children from the same family are feared dead after they drowned in the Shire River when their dug-out canoe which they were travelling in capsized. Nsanje Police Spokesperson sergeant Agnes Zalakoma confirmed the development saying three children were traveling on water using a dug-out canoe to cross the crocodile-infested Shire from Mozambique to Malawi. […]
At least four women drowned when a boat capsized near Nkhotakota district in Lake Malawi, while at least 11 others were rescued, Malawi Police has confirmed. The women who were 15 in number were heading towards Sungu Island in Mtenje village in the same district, for business. Nkhotakota Police Spokesperson Williams Kaponda confirmed Nyasa Times […]
A standard 4 learner from M’buka Primary School in Lilongwe was on Tuesday found floating in a dam at Mwenyekondo location near Dudu Estate in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Spokesperson, Inspector Kingsley Dandaula identified the boy as Ashraf Thomson, 9, from Somba village in the area of Traditional Authority Malemia in Zomba district. He said […]
A 11-year-old girl has died after drowning in a river in Nkhotakota district, police have confirmed. The deceased has been identified as Efiness Lawless a standard 3 pupil at Phakwe Primary School, and she drowned on Sunday 2 October, 2016 in Msinje Okumbaimbe village in the district. According to police, the girl had gone to the […]