Two die in Nkhata Bay violence

October 15, 2019 Nyasa Times Reporter 34 Comments

Two people have been confirmed dead whilst close to 30 houses have been torched and destroyed following disagreements between two villages.

Over 20 houses have been torched in Musakanene area of Traditional authority Mkumbira in Nkhata Bay District following a fight that broke out between the village and Mkondezi Village of the same district. 

People from Nkondezi area in Nkhata Bay torched houses in Msakanene area in vengeance against the killing of a businessman.

Eye witnesses said the businessman had gone to Msakanene to get back his debt from a resident there.

“He went with a group of men. Instead of being cooperative, the person who owned the businessman the money shouted for helping, shouting there were thieves at his house. This prompted other people to come and they apprehended the businessman, killing him instantly whilst others who were with him run  away,” said the resident.

In retaliation, people from Nkondezi where the businessman came from, descended on Msakenene, torching the houses and killing one person in the process.

Nkhata Bay director of Health Services Mwatikonda Mbendera said the latest victim died due to excessive bleeding.

He said two others were at the hospital in critical condition.

Police spokesperson for Nkhata Bay Kondwani James said the situation remains tense although some calm has returned in the area.

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34 replies on “Two die in Nkhata Bay violence”

    1. Nkhatabay si a tumbuka for your own information ndi taonga akamba kuti ada ama a tumbuka atuwa ku rumphi mzimba ndi angoni ku karonga ndi ankhonde ku chitipa kwe 11 language sonu yapa nkhani njaku nkhatabay kwa atonga .

  2. Chikumbu mtima chimuphe uyu amene ali ndi ngongole kwa malemuyu chifukwa munthu wafera ndalama zake. Kulondola kafunsa ndi chifukwa No. this is really bad if you are really wa umunthu just pay back the money to the widow (wife to the late) otherwise ufa ngati nyerere.

  12. In Malawi things are not good, all this anger & violence is escalating from political violence to some sort of social or whatever violence like this one in Nkhatabay. Leadership is lacking in all these fracas. People have lost trust in police that’s why they want to take the law into their own hands.

    3. What about what happened in Mangochi yesterday? Ndizaku Mpototso?? Enanu u don’t use your head to think but your bum.

      Malawi is mixed ayitse if u don’t know . No tribe can claim without having mixed tribes in Malawi. U go ku Mulanje u will find Yaos , Chewa, Lomwes , Tumbukas are there and intermarriage is like a whirlwind. U go ku Monkey Bay it’s mixed Tumbukas , Yaos, Tongas, Manganjas and many more tribes. Go ku Mzimba or Rumphi, Nkhata bay and Nkhotakota u will find Lhomwes
      Farmers and estate workers in Mzimba and Rumphi, Yaos business men in nkhata bay and nkhotakota. So think with your head b4 u start bucking just like a dog.

      1. Some of these idiots they don’t all these.All they have in their minds is tribal hatred remarks without thinking.Its really shameful

      2. kkkkkkk. Ku Mangochi kunonso analitu atonga ndi atumbuka omwewo amene amasodza kuno ndiamene amawotcherana ma boat.

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