Shooting of minibus tout was accident – Police

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Police have said the shooting of a minibus tout in Limbe on Wednesday was unintentional.

Commotion erupted at Limbe bus depot on Wednesday following the shooting of one minibus tout.

According to reports that Malawi24 has gathered, a police  officer who is attached to Malawi Revenue Authority shot to death the tout Limitedi Mutozo aged 43.

A police report that this publication has seen says a customs officer identified as Mike Makwichi was on duty with police officers checking vehicle clearance documents for minibus reg number NB 1728 belonging to George Aziz from Mangochi.

“The driver resisted to hand over the keys in the process attracting public interest,” reads the report.

It further states that in the process, some disgruntled members of the community condemned the attempt to seize the vehicle and started shouting at the MRA officers and police.

One of them attempted to grab a rifle from Goodson Samudeni of Limbe Police now attached to MRA.

He accidentally pulled the trigger and shot Aziz in the head who died on the spot.

The remains of Limitedi Mitozo who was staying in Ntopwa area of Bangwe in Blantyre were taken to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital mortuary pending his burial.

The shooting led to a commotion which saw a mob damaging the anti-crime police vehicle registration MP-2328 by pelting it with stones. Later the situation stabilised.

Mitozo hailed from Dzanjunja village in the area of Traditional Authority Mbenje of Nsanje district.

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99 Comments

  1. If necessity was there, no problem with that for that was what any police officer could have done.
    Vuto Si inuyo ndi ine, Vuto ndi malemuwa becoz amayeneranso kudziwa kuti anzawowa amagwira ntchito. Amayeneranso kudziwa kuti kufuna kapena kuyetsera kumlanda wa Police mfuti zikutanthaudza kuti Iyeyo ndi Mdani ndipo zinthu ziwiri zikhoza kuchitika
    1. Wapolisi kuphedwa potengera kuti akuluwa mwina mfuti amafuna kulandayo amayidziwa kugwiritsa ntchito kwake.
    2.Iye kuphedwa potengera kuti wapolisiyo sangalorele kulandidwa mfuti yomwe amagwilitsa ntchito siku ndi tsiku.

    Nzoona moyo wamunthu ndi mphatso ya ulere yochokera kwa Mulungu. Sono udindo ochengetera moyowu Ukuyenera kuyambira iwe mwini. Palibe chomwe malemuwa akanaludza polora kuti a MRA omwe anali ndi wa polisi agwire ntchito yawo popanda akuluwa kuonetsa ukulu wawo wa mu depot. Lero ataya moyo wawo pazinthu zosawakhudza ndipo ukulu wawo onse wasikila ku Manda.

    Ndili ndi chikhulupiliro kuti kafuku fuku achitika ndipo Choona chichitika.

  2. I think its high time these police officers were taken to task over their mishandling of rifles. What happened exactly for him to pull a trigger on an innocent person? Or was there any scuffle between him(policeman) and the deceased. If after any incident of that sort our police are taken to task things would be better. There is no professionalism in everything our police do

  3. For a rifle to fire(shoot),they’re 3 to 4 procedures as far as firing mechanism is concerned.it takes a professional to distinguish from a trigger happy firer,a marksman, a sniper, a blind firer,a coward and smbdy who is unprofessional…….. long story

  4. Kodi M.R.A Iindiphavu kuposela ACB bwanji mpaka kusatila kudeport chifukwa muli cholowa phavu zimenezi osazipeleka kwa ACB bwanji mwina katangale akanachepa ndipo khani yaketu yovuta kunvesa M R A inathawi ku mangochi akuti kukachita matama ku limbe osabwela kumangochi konkuno bwanji mukupha oitanila sakuziwa kuti M R A ndi chani

  5. Police Of Malawi Lack Of Professionalism, Why Killing Innocent People Is This What U Told During Ur Training To Do Shooting Innocent People? Am Very Sad Indeed, Munthuyu Mwamupha Mopweteka Kwambiri Kumuombera Kuchibwano Chipolopolo Kutulukila Pamutu Mpakana Ubongo Kumatuluka Today Ur Saying It Was An Accident Remember God Is Just Watching One Day U Will Answer

  6. It can not be an accident how many ppo r serving our jail for killing ppo accidentally so this officer has to be jailed and his case shuould be followed that the nation should be updated we want justice

  7. Gun kills what u should know is every Policeman has got license to kill or mutani uyo wafa wapolice ma works akupitilila siakuuuzani kuti ndingozi mukangoyika basi my advice is learn to respect everyone akakhala pantchito yake!!!

    1. What if it were you or your close relation? Be serious when commenting and know that God is in control……..aliyense adzayankha patsikulo.

    2. shud we laugh at death which surrounds us by respectng the prof. of killers whle lives our friends are gone? think as human being.

    3. akulu i wish i could call you stupid but am not coz ave noted that you are mad. munakaganza kut azbale, ana, mkaz nd ena akwao akumva bwanj.

    4. cedrick the crawl if u hate what Police did then u r still using 2015 toothbrush touting is also an offence here in Malawi suukudziwa chabe anyamata amene aja ndiwosimbwa akaona Police amaona ngati apeza choseweletsa nde ndi izo olo mutani iyeyi is now a history uyo mukapita ku office kwao amumpatsanso mfuti sikuti amuyimitsa ntchito

    5. Umukwezaso udindo ameneyo kupolice amafuna choncho tu olo iweso ukazalowa adzakuuza ukudziwa uja anapha anthu kumzuzu uja ndi bwana pano akuyendera yake yake amene analowera limodzi akadali phwiii ntchito yafuti ndikupha anyani ngati awa osowesa mutenderewa

  8. But why did you carry a gun in the process?? With Limbe mobsters, how do you think you could have protected yourselves?? Don’t be stupid sometimes… Be professional!!

  9. No can’t be. That’s total lie. Do you think Malawians are still sleeping? Nobody is on top of the law. Let the law to take part on that. Mwapha munthu ngati galu. Mubwenze munthu wa eni wakeyo.

  10. Government of Malawi should send condorance massage together money because it may happen that it was a person that brought food on the table,imagine if it was you,i mean those who work at capital hill.

  11. I wonder at times whether those heads in caps have brains.they are so over zealous for nothing.like zambia like malawi.

  12. Eeee Kubeleka Kowawaku, Ubeleke Mwana, Umulele, Akule, Wina Wakhuta Zibhwete Uko Akuphele? Zandiwawa Ngati Mwana Wanga Waphedwayo, Dat Police Man, Dat Idiot, Aphedwe Basi.

  13. Maybe the man had a wife and children waiting for him at home and you accidentally kill him and now with your wife at home and children and at office sipping coffee and say I killed a human being accidentally, God bless you

  14. Kma mukadakhala inu ndiye ikadakhala ngozi koma poti chili kwanzanu,,, mmmmmmmm osamatelo coz ikadakhala kt ndidala bwanji sakumapha anthu tsiku ndi tsiku, kumbali yanga ndavomereza kt zinachitika mwangozi and amene akuyenera kupatsidwa chilango chokhwima ndi yemwe amathawayo coz ndiyemwe wapangitsa zonsenzi

  15. You can’t said it was accidentally to shot because if he load alive bullet that means he was leady but it was better if you just shoot him leg but not until to take out life in the matter of money

  16. Hell noooo! It was no accident! Awombela bwanji in public place like mu depot knowing they r not professional at it, and which gun in Malawi can hit a target ,unali mulandu wa murder kodi mpaka kumawombelela mu deport mulandu wa ma minibus omwewo! Wapha ameneyo intentionally!!!! Umbuli, usaziwi!

  17. if it z true kt he was trying to snatch a gun then dt be afraid . zantchito basi palibenso kt accident even ine ndikanashoota

  18. Yes we agree with you that it was not intentional but it is negligence on safety and portrays unprofessional police service. He should answer the case of manslaughter due to negligence on safety since it was not an intentional decision to kill the innocent touter.

  19. South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius faced the law after shooting to death her fiancee……Koma poti kuno ndi ku Nyasa tiona kuti zitha bwanj

    1. more skills of dealing wth chaos in public places. ..shooting issues should not rash.. based on this issue..I don’t c any reason of shooting here…

  20. Dziko Likakhala Lopanda Nkhondo Ndichoncho Umangowombera Zili Zonse,, Kodi Ntchito Imeneyi Imakhala Yofunika Kunoko, Go Ku Gaza, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen Anthu Amaithawa, Ndiye Kaya Kuno Amaona Ngati Ndi Asilikari A Pontius Pilato Matama 2much, Zazii Basi.

  21. This is not good,why live bullet u dont have rubber bullet where is this country moving to.since democracy u just kill inocent pipo are you learning to shoot.Government is the sorce of all problems u treat us like monkey,u killed 22 people on demostration.Malawians just laughing for this nonses

  22. Ndipo nkhani yawo yoyamba anati awombera mmodzi wa minibus association kenaka post inasowa after 2 min kenaka alemba za notorious thief. Utolankhaniwu muziopa nawonso Mulungu

  23. Ungaike chipolo polo chamoyo nkumati sichipha muthu mxiem bwrran ndikhab yomveka asatana inu;mukanika kugwira mbava zeni zen m’bomamu mukalimbana ndiphawi mulungu akuyendelen mwapadera

  24. Vuto ku police kungotengelana zibaleku ndikumeneko munthu or jce alibe kamba koti amalume ake ndi apolice kumangolowesana lero ndiizi mungotipha osalakwa kukanika kudziwa kagwirisidwe ka mithiko yanuyo. Eeeee mutamakhala ndi mifuti ngati apolice akutheba eeee mutha kutimalizamo dziko muno. Mbuli agalu achabechabe, ayamike poti anathawa mwachangu nayeso akanaphedwa mwangozi like anachitilamo.

    1. Ukati mufa simunati,meaning iwe suzafa?osamayankhula mwano kumaikila kumbuyo wapoliceyo,akanakhala kuti wapolice ndiyemwe waomberedwa ndimunthuyo bwezi pano tikukamba zina

  25. we poor pple will nt fnd peance in ths contry,if it waz hppened 2 reach person th gvrnment would take an action on ths bealive me, pliz thnk abt we poor pple

  26. Why give those unprofessional individuals u call police a gun?? The only people in this country with bad intentions are the government and the police… they all share the same traits.. greedy.. corrupt asf…

  27. owoh??? moyo wamunthu umenewo???

    chibwana chinatichulukira pamalawi pano…use the right force ndimmeene apolisi anakambira pa radio..amati ngati osokeneza alibe mfuti dont use the gun koma hiiiii munthu basi nkhani zake verbal misunderstandings mpaka mfuti

    apolisi apamalawipa atha kukutaisa yesu wako

  28. Aaaaaa guys ,you are not serious when it comes to excise your duties, how can you take someone’s life and end up saying that it was a mistake, hmmmmm , you must be very stupid .

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