Malawi’s Chitipa thugs kill watchman

CHITIPA-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi police in Chitipa are hunting for criminals following the brutal killing of a watchman at his work place at Maka Trading Centre in the district.

According to Chitupa Police Station Publicist, Gladwell Simwaka, on the night of of March 13, 2020, the watchman, Patson Msukwa, was on duty when the criminals came around and broke into the shop by digging a hole at the back of the shop.

They killed him and also went away with MK1.1 million cash and various items worthy millions of kwacha.

Postmortem conducted at Chitipa District Hospital indicated that death was due to strangulation.

Msukwa, 51, hailed from Namuyemba village in Traditional Authority Mwaulambia in Chitipa district.

Meanwhile, Police in the district have launched a man hunt to catch the criminals and they also appeal to everyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the same, to contact the nearest police.

Richard Kayenda

I hold a bachelor’s degree in languages obtained from Mzuzu University. Since 2016, I have been working for Maravi Post as a reporter of local news; particularly from the Northern Region of Malawi. My main news areas are politics, business, sports and many more. Besides reporting, I also write news analyses on current affairs just to share informed opinions on news that matter in Malawi. By now I have a five year practical experience in online news reporting and I look forward to growing more professionally while raising the bar of Maravi Post; in order to make it a household name, as we keep our readership informed, edutained and updated on a daily basis.