One of the vendors who was heavily assaulted by fellow vendors in Lilongwe a few days ago has died. Lilongwe police spokesperson Joseph Kachikho identified the deceased as Naelo Nehiya. Kachikho said the 36-year-old vendor succumbed to his wounds on Thursday at Kamuzu central hospital where he was receiving treatment. Nehiya and others were assaulted […]
Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Violet Chipawo has found two Burundian refugees Emmanuel Sekanao and Dezire Bintuari who are answering charges of attempted grievous harm and wounding with a case to answer. The two are said to be involved in the shooting a businessperson Vincent Niyongira in Salima on July 10 2017. Niyongira is a naturalized […]
One man has been hacked to death and two others are battling for their lives in hospital during a fight of two villagers in chief Chitukula’s area in Lilongwe. Kanengo police station spokesperson Esther Mkwanda said the two villages were fighting over a farm. She said 36-year-old Adam Mtengambiri, who died during the violence, earlier […]
A manhunt has been launched in Dowa for an ex-convict who had just been released from prison and allegedly killed a man for marrying his wife while he was in prison. Mponela police deputy publicist Macpatson Msadala said the wife, Charity Fuluzimanga refused to go back into marriage with the ex-convict. He said Fuluzimanga decided […]
Malawi Police in Nkhata Bay are looking for some people who have set ablaze seven houses in Nkhata Bay in retaliation over the killing of a woman. Nkhata Bay police spokesperson Kondwani James said the woman was allegedly murdered by 56-year-old Thom Manda over disagreements of a debt. Manda allegedly hit the woman with a […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers have been called in to help quell protests and violence in Chilobwe, Blantyre as residents are battling with police over a murder suspect. Police are currently firing tear-gas to disperse an angry crowd which is swelling around Chilobwe police unit demanding the release of a murder suspect who is in […]
A piece work labourer in Mulanje is battling for his life at Mulanje district hospital after a mob beat him up on suspicion that he killed his friend over disagreements of K100. Police spokesperson in Mulanje, Gresham Ngwira said Mayeso Maxwell is expected to answer murder charges after he is discharged from hospital for allegedly […]
Murder suspect Misozi Chamthunya is expected to be back in the High Court on December 11 when the trial will start for a case he is being accused of murdering his Zimbabwean girlfriend Linda Gasa in 2010. High Court registrar Agnes Patemba however said the court is still looking for a judge to preside over […]
Malawi Police in Ntcheu are hunting for a murder suspect who stabbed his ex-lover to death on Wednesday evening at Beni Tchauya village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kwataine in the district. Ntcheu police spokesperson, Hastings Chigalu identified the suspect on the run as Ndaipa Odala who was once in a love affair with Idesi Lyson, […]
Slain former nurse Lucy Kadzamira was laid to rest on Sunday in Dedza at an emotional funeral service attended by powerful politicians from both government and opposition. Kadzamira, sister to former official hostess Mama Cecilia Tamanda Kadzamira was killed in her house by her suspected garden boy who took her vehicle for sale. Nurses, all […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe are investigating a murder of a woman which was discovered on Friday after a man was selling her vehicle in suspicious way. According to information Nyasa Times has seen, in the afternoon of Friday at Nsalu Trading Centre in Lilongwe, detective sub-inspector Chinsanje of Nsalu police unit was offered a vehicle […]
Malawi Police in Chitipa have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion that he killed his mother for allegedly denying him sex. Chitipa Police Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Gladwell Simwaka confirmed the arrest of the man whose identity Nyasa Times has shielded to avoid identifying the victim. According to Simwaka, the suspect and mother caem from […]
Four of the 44 suspects in the infamous Nsundwe violence in Lilongwe face murder charges. The four are awaiting certificate of committal so that the chief resident magistrate for Lilongwe Violet Chipawo commits them to the High Court after the certificate is issued by the director of public prosecutions. Out of the remaining 40 suspects, […]
State rights body, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has started its criminal probe into the killing of a police officer in Nsundwe, Lilongwe, a post-election political murder that has infuriated the nation. Commissioner Rosemary Kanyuka said findings of the investigation would be made public once a report is ready. Kanyuka said the anti-Jane Ansah […]
Homeland Security minister Nicholas Dausi says state security agents are disarming ‘Nsundwe Forces’ in Lilongwe after they stoned to death a police officer. “They are a threat to peace and democracy. They a vigilante group who call themselves Nsundwe Forces or Nsundwe Barracks,” said Dausi. At least one police officer was killed and two others […]
Malawi Police are advising people to seek psychological assistance from the police victim support unit when faced with personal problems instead of resorting to killings or suicide. Salima police spokesperson Jacob Khembo has said this after a man stabbed his wife and his one-year-old baby to death before taking his own life. Khembo said the […]
A 20-year-old man is in police custody in Dedza for allegedly killing his nephew who reportedly used the uncle’s bicycle without permission. Dedza police spokesperson Edward Kabango has confirmed the arrest of Godwin Golden over the killing of his 12-year-old nephew Yoswa Pulirani. “On Saturday, Yoswa got the bicycle and started riding it around the […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly killing his three-year step son. Mzimba police spokesperson Peter Botha said Bright Mwale was arrested at Jenda after he allegedly assaulted the step son, Fatsani Zimba to death. “The suspect told his wife to go and leave the child with his grand-parents but the […]