High Court has found Harris Mitati guilty of killing head teacher in Luchensa, George Valani in the wee hours of August 30, in 2006. The High Court sitting in Thyolo heard that the deceased, Valani—a head teacher at Mikombe Primary School in Luchenza—was found dead 300 metres from his house on the roadside, along the Limbe-Muloza […]
Malawi Police in central region tobacco growing district of Kasungu has arrested 31-year-old Wellos Kusakala, a prison warder on suspicion that he killed 21 year old Jonas Zinaumaleka, an inmate at Kasungu Prison. The incident occurred on January 11, 2018. Kasungu police spokesperson Harry Namwaza said the deceased was taken out together with other eleven […]
Malawi Police in Mangochi have finally arrested, Ajidu Mdala, four months after his suspected accomplice, Yusuf Alick, was arrested for allegedly murdering a herd boy in the district. The first suspect, Alick, 19, was arrested in September 2017, while Mdala, 24, has been on the run until last Wednesday when officers from Mangochi Police Criminal Investigation […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed an application by fugitive businessperson Misozi Chanthunya – who also faces extradition to Malawi from South Africa – to be granted bail or discharged. Chanthunya is accused of murdering his pregnant Zimbabwean girlfriend Linda Gasa some seven years ago. His lawyer Donvan Sulungwe applied for bail and discharge […]
Malawi Police Wednesday arrested four men in northern district of Mzimba for allegedly murdering a 66-year-old man because his son killed their relative years back. Mzimba Police publicist, Peter Botha identified the four suspects as Hastings Ng’oma, 60, Ibebe Zimba, 60, Markbrez Nyirongo, 30, all from Kawimba Nyirongo Village in the area and Samuel Chavula, […]
A 32-year-old man, Mabvuto Kamkweche Mwale, a fried meat (Kanyenya) seller at Zingwangwa market is in police custody for allegedly stabbing his colleague to death. The suspect who hails from Ndelemani village T/A Kuntaja in Blantyre committed the offence on 23rd December, 2017, police have said. According to Blantyre Police Publicist, Augustus Nkhwazi, in the […]
Malawi police in Nsanje have arrested a 30 year old man for killing his three year old daughter on Monday evening. Nsanje Police Public relations officer, Sergeant Agnes Zalakoma identified the man as Chikumbutso Galu, and the deceased as Galasa Lekando both from Galu Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chimombo in the district. […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has jailed a former soldier at Moyale Barracks of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to nine years imprisonment with hard labour for disemboweling a 43-year-old man at Jombo Trading Centre on Christmas Day in 2012. In 2014, the First Grade Magistrate Court in Mzuzu ordered ex-Corporal Davie Nganga of Matwika […]
Unidentified woman aged between 28-30 years has been found dead with a left breast removed, Malawi police have confirmed. According to Nkhotakota deputy police spokesperson Paul Mwalimwe, the body was found floating in Bua River in the district, in the morning hours of Friday. The police suspect that the woman was murdered by unknown thugs at […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested Gift Sitina (23) for allegedly stabbing to death ex-wife’s husband. Kanengo Police Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sub-Inspector Esther Mkwanda identified the victim as Austin Chirombo aged 35 who hails from Kalulu Village in the Area of Traditional Authority Chimutu in Lilongwe. According to Sub-Inspector Mkwanda, the incident happened […]
Malawi Police in Chikwawa have arrested three people on suspicion that they killed two men in cold blood before cutting off their private parts, it has been confirmed. Chikwawa Police Station Public Relations Officer, Constable Foster Benjamin, confirmed on Wednesday that the suspects identified as Benito Patrao, 24, Damiyano James, 21 and Moses Ndaluza, 32 […]
Malawi Police are keeping in custody a 32 year old man,Notice Abumeli for murdering his neighbour in the central region district of Dedza and a 26 year old man, Charles Makomo in Phalombe for allegedly killing his 21 year old friend, Madalo Seliya. In Dedza, Police have identified the deceased as Dada Kheva, 33, from […]
Malawi Police in Salima are keeping in custody a 20 year old woman for the offence of birth concealment. Police has identified the suspect as Ides Monica Laisi of Maijelu Village in Traditional Authority Khombedza in Salima District. According to Police Public Relations Officer in the district, Gift Chitowe, it is believed the suspect got […]
Malawi Police in Chikwawa have launched a manhunt over the sudden death of two people on Thursday night who are reportedly to have been brutally killed in separate places in the district with their private parts removed. District Police Spokesperson, Constable Foster Benjamin said on Thursday afternoon that one incident occurred at Julius Village in […]
A 31-year-old woman is in police custody in Ntcheu district on suspicion that she had a hand in her husband’s death. The suspect, Berita Kamoto is said to have killed her husband Jeremiah Kholowa 45, on Sunday night October 8th, 2017 at Kalimwayi village in the district, after she discovered he was stealing some of her items […]
The search for a missing eight-year-old who went missing at Khama in Machinjiri Township in Blantyre ended Wednesday when her body was found in a forest near Ndirande Hill in the township. According to family members and police, the deceased, Felia Botha, a Standard Four learner at Mpata LEA School in the township, went missing last […]
Malawi Police in Ntcheu district have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly killing his father in Kanjati village over financial disagreements. The suspect, Frackson Kalima on Saturday 16th September, 2017 beat up his father Yona Kaphwiti 60 years old who later on died at Ntcheu District Hospital where he was rushed to. Kalima handed himself to […]
Malawian businessman Misozi Chanthunya, who fled to South Africa after his Zimbabwean girlfriend Linda Gasa was found brutally murdered, should not be be released on bail by Malawian court as he is s currently held at the Kgosi Mampuru Prison in Pretoria, the State has told the High Court in Lilongwe. At issue is the […]