Angry charcoal burner beats forestry official to death

May 11, 2016 Business 58
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A 54 year-old officer from the forestry department has been beaten to death by an angry charcoal burner in the commercial city of Blantyre, police say.

The deceased, Foster Sankhulani, was severely beaten in line of duty as he was trying to confiscate bags of charcoal from the charcoal burner.

Charcoal- Malawi
Charcoal burners go furious to kill forestry officer.

“The officer was conducting patrols together with his friend along Lungu Masamba road where they met this angry charcoal burner who had bags of charcoal on his bicycle and when the officers tried to work as per their work the man jumped on one officer and started beating him,” Chileka police spokesperson Grace Mwale told Malawi24.

The officer was later taken to Mlambe hospital where he was referred to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) for further medical treatment but his condition was getting worse and he died a few hours later.

According to Mwale, investigations have been launched to arrest the charcoal burner whose details are yet to be known.

The deceased hailed from Mulima Village, Traditional Authority (TA) kuntanja in Blantyre city.

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58 Comments

  1. Too bad! It’s high time GVT should provide alternatives, give us other means & also reduce electricity tariffs, put fair measures electric installation & etc etc, otherwise zizivutabe momwemo

  2. Amuchita bwino amaonjeza amenewo amazitengera ngt zapakwawo, njala yake imeney akumangolanda anthu makala ndikuwa menyanso yet akagulitsa makalawo nkhani ndi ku admarc. mwai wantchito ku malaw kuno tilibe and u can see amene amaitanidwa kuma interviews amakhala almost thousand bt akufunika nda awiri basi komanso dzikoli mulibemo ma resources okwanira otipatsa ndalama nde kumazitenga ngat iweyo ndi Mulungu, Muyambe kaye kukonza vuto la cashflow 4 about 95% malawians

  3. akalanda makalawo amatenga iwowo either kukagulitsa or kukaphikila that’s diabolical but for the dead man RIP.

  4. I can see Malawians now can carry guns

    Government to be blamed because electricity is cheaper than charcoal

    People uses three bags per month with that money you can pay electricity bill

    But government is failing to give people to the people

    MALIRO AKANABWERA

  5. Anthu akuopa kuphikira magetsi chifukwa anakwezedwa mtengo kwambiri. Anthu akudalira makala omwewo. Ndiye nkhani ngati izi sizitha. Tingoti “THE GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE THE BLAME.”

  6. Kodi mukuwanena owotcha makala koma nkumachita kuti iwe ukulankhula zoletsa makala ukuphikila makalawo kungoti palakwika pakuphapo komaso mwina ena atengelapo phuzilo

  7. One langa ndi mfunso tikatenga mseu wa zalewa makala Ali pali ponse ,nseu wa zomba Lilongwe cha malosa machinga makala mumseu monse koma anthu amalimbana ndi yemwe wagula bwanji wosaletsa omwe akuika museuwa ?RIP the man

  15. sory… officer! ntchito yolanda makala imafunika achinyamata. this is a loud warning to security organs.anyamata akukhomeleredwa mma station mu. chilichonse abwana apita .. eeeh

  17. Aforest amadabwitsammene amagwilira ntchito zawo.makalaalipamisikayambiri bwanji kuletsa kaye makala mmbari mwa misewu yambiri ,anthu apange chani? Ntchito mukulembana pachibale,ngongole simungawapatse asiyeni kodi mitengo imeneyi ndiyagogo anu?

  21. Asilikali akayamba kukubwezelani ndi kumakuphani muyambanso kuwanena mpaka ma report pa zodiak chonsecho ichi ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe aforest amakapempha thandizo kwa asilikali ankhondo nde khalani choncho mukumana nawo mu nkhalango momwemo

  34. Atsala a BT city akumalanda malonda a anthu.Kutsowa mtengo wogwila kumene kumapangisa .Sidala ayi.

  35. Atsala a BT city akumalanda malonda a anthu.Kutsowa mtengo wogwila kumene kumapangisa .

    1. tnk wisely b4 comentng, wud u say the same if the deceased was ur father/son & i hope u know w@ the bible says about that

  40. Lets be serious about planting trees. Lets invest as individuals, otherwise, the growing and increasingly poor population should be cause for concern. Inu mumapanga ma motivation talks, don’t just talk about money and sell your books and dvds that depict utopia. Be real about Malawi’s problems and take physical action.

    2. Zangovuta kuti wamwalira akanangomumenya basi, amaonjeza chonsecho mumanyumba mwaomo amaphikira makala, RIP Mr

    3. Ena amafuna kuti Boma liziwayamikila kuti amagwira bwino ntchito koma panopa malawi wafika poopsa kwambiri chifukwa anthu ama office akungofuna azingolemera okha sorry #R.I.P

  51. muwapezele ntchito anthu agwile apo ayi zimenezi zipitilila.

    1. Munthu amazipezela ntchito yekha man. A Malawi kupusa tisamachite kukunyadilira chonchi. Just cross the border and see what Tanzanians, Zambians and Mozambicanz are doing.

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