Mzuzu taxi driver found dead without head and some private parts in Mzimba

A 34 year old man Emanuel Harawa,  who was a Mzuzu based taxi driver, was on Saturday found dead with head and testicles chopped inside Chipangano forest in Emvuyeni Ekwendeni, Mzimba district. Mzuzu deputy spokesperson for the Malawi Police Service, Cecilia Mfune said the body was found without a head and some private parts in the early […]

Lilongwe teen-boy hacks mum’s lover to death: Malawi Police charges him with murder

A 19-year-old man from Lilongwe’s Area 25 B allegedly hacked his mother’s lover to death Wednesday night in disapproval to the two’s intimate relationship. Police confirmed the incident Thursday and identified the deceased as Patrick Nkhoswe, 33, of Phyokawaka Village, TA Mzikubora, Mzimba, and the suspect as Anthony Chiwaya, of Nkhwani Village, TA Ganya, Ncheu. […]

Malawi Police in manhunt for Rwandan refugee murder suspect

Malawi Police in Dowa have intensified search for unknown suspects who murdered a 19 year-old Rwandan, Misigalo Kamiziyo at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in the district. Dowa Police Relations Officer Richard Kaponda told Mana in a telephone interview on Wednesday that unknown criminals are said to have strangled the deceased with his belt on the night […]

Man killed during beer fight in Blantyre, 5 suspects arrested – Malawi Police

A 30-year-old man was on  last Sunday killed during a fight that had ensued at one of drinking joints in Chilobwe Township in Blantyre,  Malawi police have confirmed. The deceased has been identified as Martin Thomson of Mphingo village Traditional authority Chanthunya in Balaka district. Meanwhile, police have arrested five people in connection to the […]

DPP in bid to have Mvula, Gombwa murder case discharged: Andy Machinjili case will proceed

The Director of Public Prosecution Mary Kachali has filed an application in the  High Court for a discharge of  Dumisani Mvula a son of politician Humphrey Mvula and Chipiliro Gombwa in murder case. Mvula (23) from Bango Village, T/A Kaluluma in Kasungu and  Gombwa (38) from Kayera Village, T/A Nthache in Mwanza were arrested on […]

84-year-old woman murdered in Salima: Malawi Police hunt for killers

Malawi Police in Chipoka are looking for unknown assailants who have murdered an 84-year-old woman and went away with K110,000 the granny had just received from her village savings loan (VSL) benefits Tuesday night. Salima police public relations officer Sub-Inspector, Gift Chitowe in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) Wednesday, identified the deceased as […]

Njauju relatives demand speedy probe: Malawi graft busting body staff’s murder

Relatives of slain graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) corporate affairs manager Issah Njauju have asked the state to speed up investigations on the murder of their relation a year ago. Ibrahim Njauju, spokesperson of the family said the slow pace of the investigations into the murder of the number three strongman at […]

Mzuzu woman’s love triangle murder: Malawi Police arrest 2 suspects

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after brutual murder of a 38-year-old Chimwemwe Jere from Mwambose Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mpherembe in Mzimba. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Mzuzu Police, Cecilia Mfune,  said the woman was found whilst wrapped in a blanket inside an unfinished building in the city. On […]

Wame’s suspected killer nabbed in Thyolo: Crime buster Bob Mtekama is back

Malawi Police murder squad have rounded up a 34-year-old man suspected to have brutally bludgeoned to death one of country’s renowned and industrious evangelist, Reverend Shadreck Wame. A team of police detectives from the Homicide Division, Murder Squad Unit based at the national police headquarters in Lilongwe led by crime buster, Bob Hamisi Mtekama arrested […]

Malawi girl raped and killed in Mzuzu: Suspects on run

Unidentified young girl in northern city of Mzuzu has on Monday morning  been raped and struggled to death by unknown assailants. The development occurred around 9 am between the boundary of Botanic Newlines Houses and Botanic Forest. According to some eye witnesses, they heard the  girl’s screaming voice and was later found dead. “After hearing the screaming voice we […]

Murdered evangelist Wame was living alone, says son: ‘Attack from Satanism’

The famous Evangelist Shadreck Jonas Wame who was found murdered at his home at Takumana Township in Salima was living alone in the house, his son  Timothy Wame has said. Wame was killed in his bedroom, accorindg to Station Officer for Salima Police, Assistant Commissioner Godfrey Mughogho. The late evangelist’s son, Timothy Wame,  said the […]

Evangelist Shadreck Wame murdered,  Malawi Police hunt for houseboy

One of the Malawi’s top evangelists, Shadreck Wame has been murdered  and police have since launched a manhunt for his house helper in Salima. Salima police public relations officer Gift Chitowe has confirmed about the murder, saying the house boy is currently at large. “Yes I can confirm that Evangelist Wame has been killed.We are […]

Fisherman murdered in Nkhatabay, dumped on roadside

A 39 years old, Soya Mwale, fisherman at Kalowa area in lake shore district of Nkhatabay, has been murdered by unknown assailants. Malawi Police spokesperson for the district, Ignatius Esau said Mwale was found lying dead along M5 road on Monday morning with a deep cut on the left side of his head. He added ”in the first place, […]

2 brothers arrested for stoning man to death over ‘Sindiketi’

What started as a mere quarrel over a Sindiketi (beanie hat, the type of head dressing mostly liked by dreadlocked men) cost the life of one, James Banda, on Wednesday in Lilongwe. Confirming the incident, Kanengo Police said the incident occurred at Ganizani Bar at Tsoka Village, TA Chitukula in Lilongwe Wednesday evening where Banda, […]

Malawi Police nab wife killer over ‘get rich quicker’ rituals

Malawi Police said it has arrested Kasiteni Mwale,36, who was said to have killed his wife, Malita Kapatamoyo aged 68. Mwale is suspected of killing his wife in Kasungu during the night of 20-21 August, 2016 and has been on the run. He killed his wife after she had allegedly rejected his demand of offering […]

Prison officer who killed two sons tells yet to be tried – On bail 

Lawyer Lusungu Gondwe representing a senior prison officer who gunned down his two sons—in an incident that shocked the nation on April 10 in Blantyre— says they are waiting for State to set out a date of hearing. Evance Chisi, who was station officer at Chichiri Prison, claims he was caught in an emotional turbulence […]

Man kills wife for refusing to scarfice their children for rituals

A  father, Kasiteni Mwale,33, nicknamed Tchulu has brutally killed his wife after she refused to sacrifice their children for rituals,police spokesman of Kasungu district has said. Mwale, who is on run,o ver the weekend  killed his wife,Chimwemwe Kachedwa, 28, by stabbing her on the  head, according to police. “Mwale had been on separation with the […]