A 20 year old Malawian man in Machinga district was over the weekend killed by an angry mob as he was being mistaken for a wild beast.
According to Machinga police criminal investigator, Inspector, Isaac Mdala the deceased has been identified as Lucius Wilson, 20 from Makolonganya village in the area of Traditional Authority Mkoola in the district.
Inspector Mdala said on this night, the deceased wore a cloth that covered his face and was crawling with his two arms and legs heading towards a group of women who were chatting on a veranda.
He said this scared the women who then started shouting on top of their voices looking for a help as they thought it was really a wild beast.
This prompted men in the village who flocked to the scene heavily armed to got the animal killed.
One of villagers, Mailosi Mkhwaya who was having a hoe in his hand, hit the head of the man, a development that saw him falling to the ground.
After few minutes, this group of men realized that the killed was not a beast as said before but was a son of one of the women who were chatting.
Wilson was pronounced dead upon arrival at Mtaja health centre where he was taken for treatment and the death was due to serious injuries in his head.
Meanwhile, the Machinga police are keeping in their custody Mailosi Mkhwaya who hit the head of the suspected beast to death and police say he will be answering charges of murder soon.
prank goe teribly wrong and this dearth by missadventure not murder.
Grown up man doesn’t crawl like ababy, wat was his intetion
That’s shoot to kill b4 it kills you. I agree with the killer.
iye atamva kukuwa sanaimilire bwanji kut anthu amuone kut ndi munthu osati chilombo?
That’s not a murder case, tell me it’s manslaughter.
The mob didn’t know it was a human being.
By the way, why did the deceased wore that black thing, covered his face and walked on four like a hyena?
Nthawi yake inangomkwanira ameneyo.
Thats not murder @ all
sindikumpeza chifukwa, amasulidwe
zadala iyeyo ndi chifukwa amaopseza anzake
sanachite mwadala mtayeni palibe mlandu
not fair mutuluseni
So mmudZi umenewu kudzakabweladi chilombo chenicheni cholusa adzachitani? Adzachipha kapena kuchilekha chipite chikuononga? Kaya koma kwaine ndingoti ” sanamuphe mwadala m’nyamatayo, koma kunali kufuna kuteteza myoyo a anthu omwe amaoneka kuti anali pachiphinjo chofuna kuvulazidwa” tikati tionetsetse sipakuyenera kuti wina amangidwepo apa………………awa ndimaganizo anga!!! Nkhuyu Zodya wana zimapota akulu and chibwana chimalanda.
Why keeping Mailosi? Koma apolisi akuMalawi…
zovala za mayoo zi mahood is what am expecting kut malemu wa anavala.the question is amakwawa chifukwa chani usiku?
izi zovuta maweruzidwe very sombre
No no no! Leave him
it is amove to run away from the case otherwise anthu anamuphera zifukwa zina uyu and are using women as there shield cause women are deemed vulnerable by courts…sorry bro rest in eternal peace unalakwacho chizaululika
Time.
Too bad
Murder Is The Right Charge & It Cn Only Reduced By High Court To Manslaugher Based On Facts Sorroundng Th Case Only If It Cn B Establishd Tht There Ws No Malice Aforethought(an Evil Intension B4 Ahand To Kill) & Police Hs No Powers To Charge Hm Wt Manslaughtr & Murder Is Aholdng Charge Othrwyz If Wht W Heard Here Is Wht Hapnd H Is Likely To Be Aquitted.
I think this was influence ya chamba.Chidamupangitsa ndi chiyani kuti avale chinthu ndi kumakwawa komaso kumamveka ngati chilombo??M’mene anthu amakuwa mpaka azibambo kubwera ndi zida kuti aphe chilombocho iyeyo amaganiza chiyani??.Sorry I dont blame the suspect
if it was really a beast would he have been arrested ? nope but praised… there ain’t no reasoning in this though., amutuluse
Pali nkhani apa coz pakubwera mafutso ambiri omwe munthu angathe kufutsa for example nthwi yomwe those women amakuwa 4 help nyamatayo amatani? and anamvara zomvara zanj kut paka awoneke ngati beast?
Akuluakulu adati ‘chibwana chimalanda.’Omangidwayo akungonsunga mongomteteza kuwopa kuphedwa.Well done Police.
This is not good my country.
Zachamba amasulidwe mwamsanga ameneyo palibe mulandu apa
I think its contrary for him to face murder charges as he was trying to kill the so-called a wild beast inorder to rescue the screaming women
wat If it were your brother being killed like a beast? would u say nzadala or an accident? olo Akanakhala wamisala how wud u fill? olo chikanakhala chilombo chimene.Anthu onseo sakanaganiza olo nkuona wat med women screem? haaa Guyz to me U better not judge.Majority is only rulling here But God Is watching.
yooo my country where r u going
Zoziyamba dalazo mpaka kupolice? Let him free.
That’s not murder there e
Wasn’t intent to kill and I think his mother will be one of accused witness
Thats sad. But shouldn’t he be charged for man slaughter and not murder?
Asa nde amumangilanji?
ndikuchita dala adapita ndi mabzi(mwambi walelo) mo muder case here.
There is no muder case there he is innocent,what if it was a real beast then u could call him a hero. Its the deceased fort.
mpaka kumutelo mwana wamzanu! amaoneka ngat chan mpaka kut zifike pophana?
Azibambo amantha ngati awa sindinawawone bwanji osayamba kulimbana nacho ndi manja ndiyetu ngakhale buluzi mumatengaso chida.Malemu nawe zibwana.Kwabanja lofedwa ine ndikuti pepani
No murder here
Yoo
Oooh yes!!,very sad.
Accident
Navesine Zofuna…..
Thats not murder case,women screamed for help and they thought it was a beast
Too young
But how &how the man looked like
kkkk koma chibwana chimalangadi
Ya neh!! kufakulipodi mpaka tonse titha phyiti
Ayi there is no murder here the men came to kill the beast for the defense of the helpless women.
It was accidental.The jailed man has no case to answer.
I know him so sad!
RIP