Man nabbed for trying to kill own child

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Arrested.

Malawi Police in Zomba are keeping in custody 23 year-old Batumeo Mcheka for attempting to kill his own child.

The accused was arrested after his wife, Eliza Lakesi, reported that he was trying to remove the baby’s umbilical cord using a needle.

According to police, Mcheka’s wife heard the baby crying while it was with her husband in their house. At that time, the mother was in a garden outside the house.

Arrested.The woman then decided to go and find out what was going on with the child. When she went into the house she checked the baby and realised that its umbilical cord had been pierced with a needle.

She rushed with the baby to Matiya Health Centre where health workers confirmed that the baby had been pierced with a sewing needle. The woman reported the matter to Jali Police Station and police officers arrested the suspect.

At the station, the suspect disclosed that he wanted to kill the child with the needle after he was advised by a witchdoctor that doing so will quickly make him rich.

Mcheka has been charged with attempted murder and he hails from Mwanapiye Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mwambo in the district.

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41 Comments

  1. Amaona ngati akutumbula nkhuku osadziwa kuti akutumbula munthu. Pajatu musaiwale kuti Batumeo adali wakhungu ndiye sakuwona kuti akutumbula mwana amayesa nkhuku. Chonde apolisi ntulutseni Batumeo chifukwa olo mum’mange akalima bwanji ku ndende ya Chichiriyo yet munthuyo ndi wakhungu.

  2. 23 yrs somebody is already a family man and a father! Thus my malawi at 52 ! Ka extra time katsalaka we will see and hear a lot. Makwatiwakwatiwa Azimayi !

  3. Kod kumalawiko malamulo aja anapita kut? Kod kulibeko nsogoleli?? Ine ndatopa ndikumva nkhan za manyi ngat izi plz. Iwe peter kod malamulo aja unamwela mowa?? Ngat watopa kulamula unene ndikukupasa one week yamphamvu uganize bwino plz wandikwana palibe chomwe ukupanga ku malawiko.

  4. Guys sindikudzipopa kapena kuti chani ayi ku Mudziko mukutichititsa manyazi ndithu Malawi wabwino uja wataikanso bwanji chonde,daily pa line nkhani yake yomphana basi mmalo molimbana ndi njala komanso umphawi chilango chikuchepa kwambiri,Me I stand here to support maiko omwe akugwiritsa ntchito Shariah Law manyi ngati awa kulibe

  5. kkkkkk batumeo fundo kwambiri? Usovatu ukaone mene amataila ma gututu kugona apa toilet kwinaku self kotena unayamba wapita kuleba kapena sanakuxe mene amavela kut abadwe kaxiwabwino kumatelo

  6. Does Umbilical Cold Help To Reduce Problems In A Family @ Batumeo, I Hope U Suffer Your Own Guelty It Doesn’t Mean You Born To Suffer Fuck Your Self

  7. Manja mukuwaometsawa 24 news inu ndi andani? Wina aliyense akamangidwe mwana kaya nkulu manja ake amaoneka ndi omwewa zimakhala bwanji?

  8. Hahahaha, that’s the problem of getting married wen u have nothing to support your family. do you think caring for a baby is simple???? you have no reliable source of money but you are trying to force yourselves in early marrieges. you will face things now. this should get into the mind of those silly minded nikkaz

  9. Tikamati limbikani school kuti mudzalemere chifukwwa chogwira ntchito inu mumati ayi koma bola kukwatira mkumapanga business ya grocery!lero ndiizo2!kupusa……..

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