A 28-year- old woman in Mangochi has died after hanging herself after complaing of family problems. The death comes barely two days after a 20 year- old man was found dead in a rest house room on Monday as it is suspected that he killed himself after misappropriating 100 thousand kwacha from his bosses. According to Mangochi […]
A 39 year-old man from Kameza village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Machinjiri on Tuesday committed suicide by shooting himself with pump gun at his house in Chigumula, Blantyre. Limbe Police identified the deceased as Lumbani Namba, who was working with the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA). He left a suicide note of which the law enforcers declined […]
A 22 year-old man has died after hanging himself to a tree after his wife’s parents told him to leave their daughter. Eastern Region Police confirmed the death of Crispin Botomani of Mkula village, Traditional Authority Mkula in eastern district of Machinga. The body was discovered Monday morning. He hanged himself with a made rope from mosquito […]
A 42-year-old man in Chileka, Blantyre has committed a suicide by hanging himself after testing HIV positive, police have confirmed. Isaac Masangano who hailed from Kampala village, T/A Kapeni in Blantyre hung himself in his bedroom on Wednesday when he discovered he was HIV/Aids positive. National police deputy Public Relations Officer, Nicholas Gondwa while commenting on the […]
The 2015-2016 academic year commenced on September 7th brought miseries “onto” the family of Kanjuchi as their 20 year old boy Joseph, committed suicide in a puzzling circumstance. Lilongwe police publicist Kingsly Dandaula told -Lilongwe News Agency (Lina) that the form three student at Nsaru Community Day Secondary School-CDSS hanged himself, after his parents declined […]
A 32-year-old police officer in central region border district of Mchinji on Thursday committed suicide while on duty as he shot himself dead leaving a suicide note. Confirming the development, Mchinji police public relations officer Sub- Inspector Moses Kajawa Nyirenda, identified the deceased as Constable Allan Chione, who was on duty on that particular day […]
A Mzimba man, aged 31, Clayton Mnyenyembe, from Kampingo Sibande on Friday committed suicide by shooting himself following a quarrel with his wife over claims that she was cheating. Mzimba Police Public Relations officer Gabriel Chiona confirmed to Nyasa Times about the incident. Sergeant Chiona said: “Clayton Munyenyembe decided to shoot himself dead following an […]
Malawian soldier who was on peace-keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shot dead himself using a K2 rifle in the wee hours of Saturday, June 20, 2015, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Corporal Lyson Manda who was working at Kamuzu Barracks, is understood to have discharged his own weapon on the […]
A 14-year-old standard six pupil at McAlpine Primary School in Nkhata Bay on Tuesday committed suicide after he had been rebuked for fighting, police have said. According to Nkhata Bay police spokesperson, Ignatius Esau, the boy, identified as Kondwani Manda, of Chimbano Village, Traditional Authority MalengaMzoma in the district, had picked up a fight with […]
The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier who shot himself Monday morning Lance Corporal Msanide Chimphepo had issues bothering him, Nyasa Times can reveal. Chimphepo was on separation with his wife and had gone absent without official leave, also known as AWOL, for about two months. “It’s not true that everything was alright with him. The […]
A Malawi Police Officer stationed in the central region at the Kabwazi Police Unit in Dedza, George Kambuwa Saidi who shot himself dead during the morning hours of Saturday April 11 2015, did not leave any suicide not. National Police spokesperson Rhoda Manjolo said the motive behind the suicide of Constable Saidi, who is from […]
Malawi budding golfer Bashir Sherriff Jr who was in his mid teens committed suicide in his room of the parents house. The son of veteran golfer and former Blantyre Sports Club golf Captain Bashir Sherrif Sr and Netball Association of Malawi Treasurer Abgail Sherrif was found dead in the morning. But sources said no reasons […]
A 19 year Joseph Andiwochi who was arrested by Machinga Police Thursday last week has committed suicide by jumping from a moving police vehicle on his way to Zomba. Tuesday morning where he was expected to appear before court to answer abduction charges. Machinga Police has confirmed the suicide which took place near Mandevu Farms, […]
A 34-year-old man in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe ( Chiuzira Area) has hanged himself to death outside his house, after his girl friend reportedly denied him sex. Eye witnesses said the man, who identity was not independently verified, complained that his lover was ill-treating him and being inconsiderate by refusing to have sex with him. The […]
A girl died after being struck by lightning at Mughogho village in the area of Inkosi Kampingo Sibande in Malawi’s northern district of Mzimba. Mzimba police spokesperson constable Gabriel Chiona identified the deceased as Loveness Mguntha aged 12 who met her fate when lightning struck in the evening on Friday. “The mother and her three children […]
A girl in the northern city of Mzuzu, Florence Ngoma, took away her life after she learned that the boy friend had ended a love affair with her. The teenager took the extreme step through a drug-overdose as she was frustrated that the three-year-old affair had collapsed. She was found dead in her room on […]
A 10 year- old standard four learner died on Monday in Salima after committing suicide, Police have confirmed. Salima Police publicist Sgt Gift Chitowe identified the boy as Juda Nkhata. Chitowe further said that the deceased, a learner at Kacherenje Primary School in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Maganga in the district committed suicide […]
A standard 5 pupil of Mfula Junior Primary School in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka district has died after committing suicide by hanging himself to the roof of his mother’s house. Balaka police spokesperson sub-inspector Joseph Sauka says the mother of the deceased Dyna Jonathan, told the police that deceased was left home alone after […]