People of Mwasota Malema village in the area of Paramount Chief Kyungu in Karonga district on Friday attacked four journalists after accusing them of being bloodsuckers.
Karonga Police deputy spokesperson George Mulewa identified the victims as Dariud Gregory Barzagan, 47, a journalist from London in Britain working for BBC and two Ghanaian journalists: Ahmed Hussein Divela,37, and Prince Anus Asamoah, 39.
They were accompanied by a well-known Malawian Capital Radio journalist Henry Mhango, 31, who comes from Maxwell village T/A Mwirang’ombe in Karonga district.
The four entered the village around 7:30 pm and started capturing videos to use in what they call Documentary on Traditional Magic and Violence Associated with it.
According to Mulewa, since the villagers had no knowledge of their arrival, they started questioning them on suspicion that they were bloodsuckers.
During the fracas, stones were being thrown all over which made one of the vehicles they used registration number BU 3126 to be damaged and some equipment got stolen.
“After discovering that the four were not criminals, community policing members joined Karonga Police officers in rescuing the victims who sustained minor injuries and were taken to Karonga District Hospital for medical attention,” Mulewa told Malawi24.
Most of the stolen equipment have been recovered but no suspects has been arrested so far.
Police in the district have since advised people in all communities to report any suspicious activities to police rather than taking the law into their hands.
Meanwhile, the Nyika Media Club has condemned the attack saying issues of bloodsucking have always been a myth.
True indeed. When we visit villages we mst inform the authorities about our visit and the purpose thereof. It was wrong jst to come and start shooting videos. Uku ndi kudelera amfumu. Atleast they ve learnt a lesson
Zinangochitika kumwera kuja koma ngati vozeleza ndivya kumpoto ,nkhalango inachuluka kumene kuja
Atumbuka ayambaso umbuli ?
Some morrons & idiots they never learn… Umbuli ndimatenda kumalawi
arm robbers
They have to follow protocols, they could visit the gatekeepers the chiefs,
Malawi the home town of false prophets.
The stoning just spiced up their documentary! Cant wait for a documentary shot in the north…when the myth was in the south n central
Mwawapatsa nkhani a BBC wa. Ndiye ndi mfumu yao yotukwana ija, atawaphunzitse anthu ammudzimo umunthu nde kaya akhale ndani?
mesa mumati alhomwe umbuli,,,ku karonga nso ndi alhomwe,?
#SHAME
Mutiuze zoona,Zafikaso kumpoto?
Police arrest them
mbwenumbwenu…kkkkk sazatheka
Iwe nde otheka eti muzifusa kuti zinayenda bwanji
Kkkk zosasangalasa
ioooooo zayambaso
Zaulendo Uno
Very sad indeed
Umbuliwu tiugawana pano
shame on Malawi, zamanyazi zedi, umbuli ndi kufa komwe
What I see here is that these people never communicated to the village heads of their presence, they just started shooting videos, taking pictures.
They were taken as criminals and not bloodsuckers. They need to follow all protocols when operating in a village in Malawi.
Kkkkk don’t twist the version,,
Am not twisting it. Re-read what Malawi24 has written and you will understand
Kuzilimbitsa mtima hahaha! Kwanu mkwanu mthengo mudalaka njoka
wati kulije blood sukers peter MUTHALIKA said .
Panyake ndiye wakuonkha wanthu ndopa
Watitu iye akukana uli
Masiku ano mulendo aliyense akalowa mudzi aziyamba kufika kwamfumu akachokapo apite kwa wachipani osamagowa ngati ukulowa kuchipinda chanu kupusa ai dzikoli lalowa chipompha magazi ndi bushiri nso alindi anthu amene akupanga ngati zimenezi akwapasa ndalama ndiye mwachitha bwini zedi
Very unfortunate; it shouldn’t have been the north, a region touted for a larger percentage of educated people. Its my prayer this will die down sooner than later.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm
sure
Pajatu mumkawanyoza aku south….now zili kumudzi kwanu..Umbuli sideal.
Paja Ife Anthu Aku Mulanje Mene Timanena Za Anamapopa Mumkati Ndife Mbuli, Ndiye Kut Kumpotokoso Ku Mbuli?
Paja Ife Anthu Aku Mulanje Mene Timanena Za Anamapopa Mumkati Ndife Mbuli, Ndiye Kut Kumpotokoso Ku Mbuli?
Wali wifi awa we
Zinali mbava izi zisanamizire blood suckers
Nanga kuwaberanso ma blood suckers??? kkkkkkk
Kkkkkk koma abale umbuli at it’s best
pa bbc bwanj sanaikambe
iiiii chapita ku north