Sergeant Alexa Mlotha has died from injuries he sustained during a brutal attack by unknown assailants at the Area 23 Police Unit in Lilongwe in the early hours of Monday, 12 January, 2015.
President Peter Mutharika has condemned the attack. The Malawi President has also passed consoled the bereaved family. “The President and Government extend their deepest condolences to sergeant Mlotha’s wife and children, the extended family and the entire Malawi Police Service on this unfortunate death” reads a statement issued by the State House.
The statement, signed by Chikondi Juma, adds: “The President further condemns the attacks that some unknown people have been perpetrating targeting Police officers and ordinary civilians which have left several people injured and some dead and in some cases, infrastructure destroyed”.
Last week, deputy commander of Malawi Defence Force, Lieutenant General Griffin Supuni, was detained at the Area 18 Police station for assaulting police officers who had responded to a robbery attack. Police officers in Kasungu were also attacked over the weekend reportedly by Army officers.
