Happy and Hastings Kalirani of Dowa are spending their days in the cooler on allegations that they murdered their uncle, Jamison Tsitsi, Sunday night. According to Mponela police publicist Kondwani Kandiado, Tsitsi, 52, was accused of setting on fire a house belonging to Rabison Kalirani – brother to the suspects. “When the suspects [Hastings and […]
Forty-year-old student of Domasi College of Education Alex Mazungwi was found dead closer to the school in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased was a third-year student pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education at the college and was reportedly murdered by unknown people, according to a statement from the police in Malawi’s Eastern Region […]
Pharaoh Mhone, a 32-year-old Malawian man who is accused of killing a Durban couple and assaulting their son and daughter-in-law at Tweevley Guest Farm appeared in court at the weekend to be formaly charged. According to The Mercury, Mhone with a fresh-looking scar on his forehead, walked into the courtroom, his eyes shying away from […]
A 16 year-old boy is in Police custody at Kawale Police Sub-Station in the capital Lilongwe for allegedly murdering his friend. Assistant Lilongwe Police Publicist Kingsley Dandaula identified the suspect as Francis Juma, from Majoni Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Tsabango in Lilongwe district. He said the deceased, Martin Kapichira 22, from Chiwalu Village T/A Nankumba […]
Police in Lilongwe have arrested four men in connection with the murder of Daina Kadyanji who was an accounts officer in the Accountant General’s Department. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer Ramsy Mushani said the four were arrested this week after police intensified investigations into the murder of Kadyani early this month. But Mushani declined to shed […]
Police in Nkhata Bay are keeping in custody two boys for being suspected they murdered a 30-year-old man and stealing cash from him. The deceased has been identified as Fwambauwone Chilenje who was killed at Mkondezi area in the district. Police mentioned the two boys who committed the offence as Sandra Msegede Nyirongo, 15, and […]
A 25 years-old man in Phalombe district is currently on police most wanted list for allegedly strangling his three year old step-son to death. The suspect, Chifundo Sapala who hails from Chionda village T/A Nazombe is said to have committed the offence on Saturday April 12th, 2014 before he went at large. Phalombe police Public […]
Malawi Police have claimed to have achieved a breakthrough in the killing of a 45 year old woman Dinna Kadyanji who was working at the Accountant General office as an Accounts Officer, with the arrest of a suspect. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer, Ramsy Mushani confirmed that police arrested a suspect and they are pursuing […]
Malawi’s Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Bruno Kalemba has clarified that an officer from Accountant General’s department Dinala Kadyanji who was murdered in the capital Lilongwe on Monday was not a key witness in the cash-gate cases underway in court. Dinala was murdered on Monday evening as she was travelling to her home in area […]
Malawi Police have confirmed that one of the key witnesses in theft of billions from State coffers has been murdered in Lilongwe and identified the deceased as Daina Kadyanji, an accounts officer in the Accountant General’s Department. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer, Ramsy Mushani said group of unknown thugs on Monday evening attacked and killed Kadyanji […]
A boy aged about eight years from Solola Village in Traditional Authority Chimutu in Lilongwe has allegedly strangled to death a 5-year old girl from the same village over sex, police confirmed on Wednesday. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Kanengo Police Station said the two were playing together when the boy started making sexual advances towards the girl but […]
Police in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka are keeping in custody a 26-year old man for allegedly killing his own mother. The district’s police spokesperson Sub-Inspector Joseph Sauka, the suspect, Jawadu Mzito 26, who is a psychiatric patient, killed his mother Hawa Ajaru Mzito 44 last Friday after the two picked a quarrel over a […]
Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody Mvano John for allegedly raping a 28-year-old woman before strangling her to death. The woman –name shielded – comes from Chikula Village, T/A Simlemba in Kasungu District. Kasungu Police Deputy Spokesperson, Burton Mathewe, told Nyasa Times, the suspect went to the deceased house last Saturday at around 21:00hrs […]
Police in the southern mountainous tea growing district of Mulanje have, from January to February 20th this year, recorded highest rate of suicide and murder incidents. Mulanje police Public Relations Officer, James Kadadzela told Nyasa Times in an interview, the law enforcers recorded seven cases of murder and suicide that involved six men and one […]
Police in Nkhotakota have arrested two men in connection to the death of a relation who was severely assaulted after they picked a quarrel over unrevealed issue. Nkhotakota Police Spokesperson, Kaitano Lubrino, identified the two suspects as 34-year-old Moffat Bendulo and Peshani Saka, 33, who are alleged to have committed the offence on the night […]
Police in Kasungu, Malawi’s central region district, have arrested four people in connection to the murder of an 85-year-old Italian national identified as Ugo Guilian. Kasungu Police Spokesperson, Edwin Kaunda, confirmed the development to Nyasa Times and identified the four as Alfred Goodson, 28, Tonex Chalowa, 24, Kanunkhira Banda, 51 and 27-year-old Tido Joseph. Kaunda […]
A village headman in the northern region district of Mzimba plus three others have been arrested for the murder of an aged couple which they suspected of practicing witchcraft and being behind the death of one of their relatives. Nyasa Times has confirmed the arrest of village headman Chiwelam’buwu real name Edson Ng’oma (42), Stocker […]
Police in Rumphi have arrested Edgar Ngwira, a fugitive murder suspect who had fled to an unknown location after allegedly killing his own biological father. Rumphi police publicist Victor Khamisi said:“Ngwira had gone to a witchdoctor who told him that his child had been bewitched by his father Tomas Ngwira (now deceased) and his step […]