Boy,13 murdered in Mbayani

Jun 24, 2016 Top News 61
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A 13 year-old boy has been brutally killed in Mbayani Township in the city of Blantyre.

The boy was found dead in a shelter at Majiga in Mbayani on Wednesday morning with deep cuts on his head and face.

Blantyre police deputy public relations officer Andrew Mayawo identified the boy as Chatiki Khome.

Blood.The young boy’s mother Mary Khome aged 39, told police that she left the boy together with her other child in the shelter to wait for their father who had gone to buy bananas which he sells.

“The boy was found in the morning in the same shelter with blood all over and with deep cuts below his chin, on the forehead and on the side head,” Mayawo said.

The body was then taken by Kabula Police to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) where a report indicated he died due to severe brain damage.

Malawi24 visited the scene in the early morning of Wednesday after hearing of the incident and saw a pair of shoes and a metal bar at the place and also blood flow just 15 metres from the shade where the boy lied.

The police spokesperson said so far no arrest in connection to the murder has been made as investigations are still underway to arrest the culprits.

Khome hailed from Masauko village in the area of Traditional Authority Mlumbe of Zomba district.

In another development, Police in Machinga district on Wednesday arrested a 62 year-old man for abducting a seven year-old boy.

Police in the district have identified the suspect as Mailosi Matuta.

Speaking with this publication, Machinga police spokesperson Davie Sulumba said on 21 June this year at around 5pm the boy was playing outside the house but a few minutes later his sister heard no response when she called him several times.

According to Sulumba, the boy’s relatives started searching for him but to no avail, a development which made them inform members of community policing who loitered around in search for the boy.

“While searching in the house of the suspect it happened that one room was locked and they ordered him to open it, after opening it they found the victim under a simple granary,” said Sulumba.

The boy said the man wrapped him with a cloth and dragged him into the room where he stayed for one night.

Matuta is in custody and will answer charges of abduction which is contrary to section 261 of the penal code. He comes from Diniyo village in the area of Traditional Authority Ngokwe in Machinga district.

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61 Comments

  9. ife ndiye tiziti tiliziko lo opa Mulungu? malawi nzanga watani kupha watengera ndani khalidwe loipa?kumbukirani kuti tonse ndife ake amulungu tikuyembekezera kuzaweruzidwa rest in peace God will judge this matter

  14. so sad indeed my his soul rest in internal peace
    pamenepo nde pazikwanje pambayani kuphana sinkhani anayendapo ndmapanzi satana eish!!!

  15. pls ppl, if u find a murderer, just kill him/her it’s the only solution since the goverment does not want to reintroduce the death penalty

  22. As 4 me i support death penalty,kaya enanu ndi alaliki mumaopa kupha opha mzake,koma apapa boma libwezeretse chilangochi.Chifukwa boma likulakwitsa pobwera poyera nkumanena kuti silingabwezeretse lamukoli.Chomwe boma likanachita ndikubwezeretsa death penalty,koma ngati President alipoyo sakufuna kupha,akazamaliza term yake obwerayo akazakhala ofuna kuapha azizapha.Koma kuti mai Kaliati azibwera pamtetete kumanena kuti Mutharika akuopa zotsatira ICC anthu apitirizabe kuphana.Mukanakhazikitsa death penalty ngati chiopsezo chabe,munthuyo ndikumusunga kuti Winiko akazatenga boma azaphedwe.

    3. mwanayu anagona pamsika amadikilila bambo anali kowoda thochi ndiyeno kunja kunada bambo akeyo asanatulukilebe ndiye zinapezeka kut muthu wina amadusa phepete mwansewumo chama 4am mwazizi anakumana ndiachifwamba ayamba kumamtema ndi dzikwanje muthu uja wayamba kukuwa sipamene mwana uja amamva kenako watuluka panja adzaone athu achifwamba aja anawazindikila ndiye waudza kut ndakuziwani ndikuwulurani kenako achifwamba aja azamve mawu amenewa amusiya amamtema uja ndikumugwila mwana uja sipameneno anayamba kumupha mwana uja ndimene zinakhaliratu

    5. Why of all multitude of tribes you singled out achewa, Thomson Chikoti? Looks like your mind has the potential of stirring civil unrest.

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