A Police officer in Malawi’s northern city of Mzuzu on Tuesday shocked his fellow law enforcers when he shot himself minutes after reporting for duty. The officer, identified as Sergeant Evance Ngosi shot himself around 7am in the presence of his boss Darlington Akambadi. Ngosi is said to have been complaining of financial problems for the past weeks and […]
An 18-year-old female student in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka has killed herself by hanging at Pyoli village in the area of Sub Traditional Authority Kachenga in Balaka district after her parent criticised her tendency of sneaking to her boyfriend during the night. Confirming the incident, Balaka Police spokesperson Sub Inspector Joseph Sauka said the […]
A police officer operating from National Police Headquarters at Area 30 in Lilongwe shot himself dead in his house on Sunday April 13, 2014. National Police spokesperson, Rhoda Manjolo, identified the deceased as 46 year old Assistant Supt. Charles Saiwa. Saiwa blasted himself in the chest in what residents are gossiping it was after being […]
Reports from Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka indicate that a 29-year -old man has committed suicide after swindling K5, 000 meant for to his in-law. The districts’ police spokesperson sub-inspector Joseph Sauka told Nyasa Times that the deceased, Elias Paul, sold the bricks for his in-law to a certai buyer on credit at K5, 000 […]
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 […]
A 53 year old man in Mzimba District committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree after he was caught sexually assaulting a 13 year old stepdaughter. Mzimba Police Publicist Sergeant Gift Nyirongo confirmed the development saying the deceased Jasten Chikapa Nkhoma of Kafoteka Mkandawire village, Traditional Authority Mzikubola had learnt that there was a […]
When the wife to 32-year-old, Haswel Mulonga, denied her husband to exercise his conjugal rights Thursday afternoon, she wasn’t to know that the gesture would nearly leave her a widow. Mulonga, a brick-layer who lives with his wife and three children in ‘Dubai’ Area 49, Lilongwe, requested to have sex with his wife but the […]
A Malawian man has killed himself in the mountainous district of Mulanje after his pregnant girlfriend, who he only got engaged to barely two months ago, allegedly cheated on him with another man, Police have confirmed. The deceased, Alfred Chitsanzo Machado, a clinical officer and owner of Machado who originally hailed from Nchalo Chikhwawa district […]
A 76 year old Lastone Mkandawire accused of defiling a 10 year old granddaughter in Rumphi has committed suicide for fear of reappearing before court, Police have confirmed. The Magistrate court in Rumphi heard that on Monday, Mkandawire went to water his tobacco nursery with his granddaughter, and while there he forced himself on the minor. In […]
A Malawian man, Chimwemwe Moto, son to former Malawi High Commissioner to the UK Dr. Francis Moto has been found dead by police in Norfolk, United Kingdom after killing himself, Nyasa Times has learnt. It is believed that Moto, the son to the former academician and former University of Malawi’s Chancellor College principal, committed suicide […]
A 51-year-old government driver who went missing more than three weeks ago has been found hanging and in a decomposed state at a graveyard in Kasungu. Malawi Police have identified the deceased as James Zimba, who was working for the Ministry of Agriculture at Kasungu Rural Development Programme (RDP). Kasungu Police Deputy Spokesperson, Burton Mathewe, […]
About 19 people have committed suicide in Malawi central region district of Dowa since January this year, a development that has worried the police. Just over the weekend, two people – both men – from the areas of Traditional Authority Chakhaza and Mponela have committed suicide. The main reasons – according to Mponela publicist Kondwani […]
A primary school teacher in the lakeshore district of Nkhotakota has escaped an early grave by an inch after attempting suicide because of government’s delay in paying his dues. Geoffrey Kanthumba – a teacher at Chingunda Primary School in the district – is currently battling for his life at Matiki Health Centre. Nkhunga police publicist […]
A twenty-five-year -old man of Area 36 in the city of Lilongwe was found hanging dead in a toilet annexed to a Mosque. Deputy Public Relation Officer for Lilongwe Police, Kingsley Dandula said that the deceased Rosten Katambilo was found hanging dead at Amina Mosque in Area 36. According to an eye witness Shafe Mussa, […]
What was to be parental talk ended dreadfully in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe after a child, against his parents’ free advice, decided to take his own life. Charles Mabvuto, a 24-year-old Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) student, committed suicide by hanging this week after his parents reproved him for his excessive guzzling of beer, police have […]
A form four student at St John Bosco secondary school in Mzimba has commited suicide by hanging while another Form 4 student at Target Private School in Blantyre city committed suicide also by hanging.. Mzimba police spokesperson Sergeant Gift Nyirongo confirmed the development in an interview with Nyasa Times on Monday. Nyirongo said the deceased Innocent […]
A 23-year-old student at Bunda College of Agriculture, a constituent of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources was found dead inside his hostel room on college campus. Police said Yobe ‘Magongoninga’ Mfune ended his life by hanging himself using ropes from a travelling bag. The student, in the final year of his Degree in […]
A 61-year-old man is battling for his life at Kamuzu Central Hospital in the Capital City Lilongwe after his intentions to commit suicide failed following prolonged marital problems. Nkhotakota Police Station spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino said the wife of the suspect identified as Ephraim Malunga from Chikunichaola village, Traditional Authority Mphonde in Nkhotakota District on 24 […]