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MaraviPost : most recent significant obituaries in Malawi and those affecting the Malawi Diaspora all over the world.

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Three dead, dozens injured as suspected gas leak triggers blast in central Paris

Lloyd M’bwana
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A fire and a suspected gas leak triggered a powerful explosion inside a bakery in downtown Paris. Three people have lost their lives and dozens more were injured.

The explosion was apparently so powerful that it was felt from a distance of 100 meters, smashing windows and damaging cars.

According to https://www.rt.com/news, two firefighters have died dealing with the incident that occurred on Rue de Trevise in central Paris, the city prosecutor has said. Spanish authorities confirmed that a third victim was their citizen.

Embedded videoLocals and tourists telling us they were woken by a large bang and told to quickly clear their homes or hotels. Huge emergency presence in the streets surrounding the scene of the blast

“At this point, we can say that it obviously has an accidental origin but we must remain cautious,” the prosecutor’s office confirmed. The blast followed a fire inside the bakery.

 

Apart from the dead, the tragedy also left over 30 people wounded, including 15 who suffered serious injuries.

One witness visiting the city described being woken up after the building her family was staying in started to shake.

“Everyone looked out their windows and a lot of window panes had been smashed,” she told Ruptly news agency.

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Women killed in stampede at Shepherd Bushiri’s church laid to rest

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JOHANNESBURG – The three women who died at Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church are being laid to rest in Pretoria on Saturday.

They were killed last week during a stampede at the controversial pastor’s church during their regular Friday night church service.

Bushiri and his congregation are facing defeating the ends of justice charges and interfering with police work for allegedly failing to report the incident to the police after moving the bodies of the women to a private mortuary.

Meanwhile, the South African National Civic Organisation led a protest at the church on Friday calling for him to pack up and go.

According to ewn.co.za, South African National Civic Organisation Tshwane treasurer Abram Mashishi says belongs behind bars: “We need to make sure that he is prosecuted. But what is important to us is while he’s being prosecuted, this area must be closed, it must not exist.

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Shepherd Bushiri’s church charged with defeating the ends of justice over three women death in RSA

Maravi Post Reporter

PRETORIA-(MaraviPost)-The South African Police Service on Monday opened a case of defeating the ends of justice against Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church following the death of three congregants in a reported stampede.

Police have established that the deceased were certified died at the church premises and the incident was not reported to the police.

 

“The case of defeating the ends of justice is opened at the Pretoria West SAPS following the stampede which happened on the 28th of December, at Bushiri’s church, Enlightened Christian Church Gathering (ECG),” Pretoria police spokeswoman Captain Augustinah Selepe told African News Agency (ANA).

 

“The charge is laid, based on the fact that police have established that the deceased were certified died at the church premises, the incident was not reported to the police, and the bodies were removed and taken to private mortuary – Red Ford Motuary.”

 

Selepe said the charges were the result of the ongoing SAPS inquest into the death of three “African females” and the injury of at least nine other congregants during what has been described as a “stampede to get into the church” by ECG.

 

On Saturday afternoon, Pretoria police, led by SAPS Tshwane West policing cluster commander Major-General Daniel Mthombeni visited the Pretoria Showgrounds – where the church is situated – shortly after learning about the alleged fatal stampede.

 

“According to them, [ECG] when the rain started [on Friday evening] the congregation started to push each other and a stampede occurred, unfortunately leading to three deaths and nine injuries,” said Selepe at the time.

 

She said the three victims had not yet been identified. The exact cause of the incident was yet to be ascertained.

 

The injured congregants were taken to Kalafong Hospital and Pretoria West Hospital.

 

Charles Mabaso of Tshwane emergency services said a distress call was received before 8pm on Friday, alerting the emergency services about 12 injured congregants.

 

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“We received a call with a claim that there were about 12 people that got injured. We dispatched three ambulances, but upon arrival the ambulances found that there was one patient with moderate injuries. The patient was treated on [the] scene and then transported to Kalafong Hospital by Tshwane emergency services. That is the only one patient that we transported. We are not sure if other patients were transported privately by private people,” Mabaso told African News Agency.

 

 

 

 

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Thugs killed albino man in Nkhatabay

Special Absalom

A 54 year old albino man has been found dead with both hands chopped by two unknown thugs in Nkhatabay district, police have confirmed.

 

 

The district police report identified the deceased as Yasin Phiri who hails from Mundiyeghe village Traditional Authority (T.A) Fukamapiri in Nkhatabay

 

 

The incident according to the police occurred on the midnight of Monday at his own house while sleeping.

 

 

 

“The deceased was leaving in his house together with his three sons after his wife temporarily left for her home following a disagreement between the two over the behaviour of the wife displayed to their tenant,” reads part of the police report.

 

 

During the day, the deceased and one of his nine year old son George Yasin were sleeping in the same house but different rooms while the other two sons were at Kande Trading Center for the their businesses.

 

 

 

“At the midnight hours two unknown criminals entered the house through the window and went straight into the room of the deceased where they started stabbing him.

 

 

Thereafter they took the deceased at a distance of about 20 metres where they chopped both arms and run away. All this was taking place whilst the youngest son was inside the house after he was threatened to be killed if he shouted,” added the report.

 

 

After receiving a report, police rushed to the scene and took the body to the hospital for postmortem where it was revealed that deceased died due to severe loss of blood secondary to the maltiple wounds and chopping of both arms.

 

 

Meanwhile, police are hunting for the suspects.

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3 injured in Manchester rail station stabbing, attacker reportedly shouted ‘Allah’

Lloyd M’bwana
Three people, including a police officer, have been injured in a stabbing incident at a tram stop in Manchester, England on New Year’s Eve. The station is closed for a police investigation. The suspect has been arrested.

The incident took place around 9 pm local time, according to reporters at the scene. British Transport Police of Greater Manchester confirmed only that a male suspect is under arrest.

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According to,https://www.rt.com/ the perpetrator is in custody on “suspicions of attempted murder,” police said.  The investigation, however, would be led by the counter-terrorism division, since the motive of the suspect is still not clear.

“While we don’t yet know the full circumstances and are keeping an open mind, officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North West are leading on the investigation,” Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts said.

One of the witnesses, BBC producer Sam Clack, spoke of an attacker using a “long kitchen knife.”

The suspect yelled “Allah,” Clack told the Manchester Evening News, and said, “As long as you keep bombing other countries this sort of s**t is going to keep happening” as he was being subdued by  police.

Clack said it took “six or seven” officers to wrestle the attacker down, using a Taser and pepper spray.

The victims were identified as a man and a woman in their 50s. The woman was injured in the face and the man suffered wounds to his abdomen, police said in a statement, noting that the injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.

A police officer was also “receiving treatment for a stab wound to the shoulder,” the BTP said. All three were in “very serious condition,” according to local media.

Victoria Station serves both the railway and the local Metrolink tram network, which transports millions across seven lines and 93 stops. The station is set to remain closed until after midnight.

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Lightening kills two in Ntchisi

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Two people have died in Ntchisi after being struck by lightening, police have confirmed.

The incident happened over the weekend at Mthawa Village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Kalumo in Ntchisi.

The deceased have been identified as a 25 year old woman Catherine Njolomole from Chinkhande Village and a three year old boy Kennedy Damiano from Mthawa Village, all from the area of Traditional Authority Kalumo in Ntchisi.

Police report indicate that on the fateful day, it rained heavily and the rain was associated with thunderstorms and lightening and in the process, the deceased were stricken by lightening.

The deceased were taken to Ntchisi District Hospital where it revealed that death was due to electrocution secondary to lightening shock.

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I Killed Assemblies Of God Pastor Because He Worshiped Deities And Sacrificed My Family” – Killer Reveals In New Video

Maravi Post Reporter

 

The 31-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing the head pastor of the Assemblies of God Church at Tema Community four has admitted the offence but justified same, claiming the pastor had targeted him for rituals.

The man who was arrested Sunday morning with alcohol, turpentine, matches, a knife and a machete, claimed the pastor, Rev David Nabegmado, who is his uncle, is not a true “man of God” because he has been “worshipping lesser gods”.

“He’s sacrificed all the family and destroyed everybody; he was worshipping gods in the house when he was killing the family. I have to go and bring these gods to the house to protect the house. Then he sacrificed the church members two or three in a year,” he alleged after his arrest.

According to him, he had planned to burn the alleged deity of Rev Nabegmado after killing him in his office at the church premises Sunday morning just before he stepped into the auditorium to deliver his sermon. Listen the suspect confess to the crime and giving reasons for the murder.

Meanwhile, the Tema Regional Police Command says it has started investigations into the case, noting witnesses have already given their statements.

 

Source; dailyadvent.com

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Sad!!Infant dies as mum checks facebook

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By Mtisunge Kagomo

Detectives are probing a mum of a baby who drowned in the bath over allegations she left the child unattended while she went on Facebook.

Kayla Lynton, 23, was arrested in Tel Aviv by police investigating neglect claims over the death of six-month-old Naomi in July.It is believed she initially said she had left the baby to go to the toilet.

But prosecutors are now investigating allegations that Kayla  married to British recruitment worker Ilan Lynton  may have been on the social media site when the tragedy happened.

By the time the mum called emergency workers, little Naomi could not be saved.

According to dailyactive.info Naomi’s father last night confirmed his wife’s mobile has been seized by police as part of their investigation.A source said: “Kayla is currently waiting for a court date.

She’s on a surety bond which means she must appear in court and at a police station when she’s required.

“Police are looking at whether she was on social media when she should have been caring for her daughter. She’s obviously devastated and now she’s having to deal with a potential criminal case as well.”

 

The grieving mum’s lawyer, Ofer Bartal, added: “Kayla does not know what to do with herself. After she saw Naomi was unconscious she tried to resuscitate her and she called the emergency workers and police.“We are now waiting for the police to decide if they will indict her and for what.”

 

Ilan  whose mother was born in Israel moved to Tel Aviv from his home in Shoreditch, East London, more than five years ago.

He and Kayla, who previously ran a child care business, married shortly after meeting in 2015 and had their first child Elizabeth, now two, less than 12 months later.Ilan was at work when he received a frantic phone call from Kayla shortly after 3pm.

She reportedly discovered Naomi had slipped below the water and was unconscious.

The baby was taken to the Ichilov Hospital where she died after a week in a coma. Her kidneys were donated to another girl.

Kayla was quizzed by officers from Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff police station who are now investigating claims of neglect.

They are said to be looking at a 10-minute window leading up to Naomi’s drowning during which Kayla is alleged to have accessed Facebook and Instagram.

The conditions of a 2,000-shekel (£420) surety bond reveals police are investigating several possible charges: “Causing severe injury to the helpless; neglect of a minor or a person unable to provide for own needs; injury through negligence; and negligent supervision of a child”.

Legal experts in Israel say the most severe potential offence if Kayla is indicted carries a possible nine-year sentence.Her lawyer Mr Bartal told us: “Police are investigating many directions.

I don’t know what they really think. They are asking many questions about many things but we don’t yet know what their findings are.

“It takes time between and investigation and the indictment.“Kayla was interrogated on the day it happened but released the same day.“She didn’t even spend one night in custody. Now she has been questioned one more time.

 

”Ilan and Kayla are understood to have separated since Naomi’s death.Our source added: “Ilan is devastated.

 

His whole life has been completely torn apart and he has struggled to come to terms with what happened.“He finds comfort in looking after his daughter, Elizabeth, but he’s obviously heartbroken.“How can you possibly deal with the loss of your little girl?”

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South Africa Police probing probing Prophet Bushiri’s church over three women’s death

Sibu M. Mokoena

By Sibu M. Mokoena

CAPE TOWN-(MaraviPost)-The South African Police Service has opened investigation into the death of three congregants who were killed on Friday during a stampede at Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church in Cape Town.

Prophet Bushiri confirmed the accident through his personal attorney and ECG’s legal representative, Terence Baloyi, in an interview with South African media that the stampede indeed occurred.

Baloyi said the stampede happened when an unexpected severe thunderstorm hit Pretoria and caught off-guard the people who assembled at the Tshwane Events Centre show grounds on Friday night for a church service.

But the South African Police says it’s investigating the incident which has killed three women and left 9 other congregant seriously injured.

“An inquest has been opened for investigation. Anyone with a missing person believed to have attended the church service should visit the Pretoria West police station. The injured people were taken to Kalafong Hospital and Pretoria West Hospital. The three deceased were taken to a funeral parlour,” said Pretoria police spokesperson Captain Augustinah Selepe.

She said the three victims had not yet been identified and that the exact cause of the incident was yet to be ascertained.

“According to them, [ECG] when the rain started [on Friday evening] the congregation started to push each other and a stampede occurred, unfortunately leading to three deaths and nine injuries,”

Selepe also confirmed that investigators visited some of the victims of the stampede admitted to various hospitals on Sunday afternoon and that a police delegation led by SAPS Tshwane West policing cluster commander Maj-Gen Daniel Mthombeni also visited the Pretoria Showgrounds – where the church is situated and where the stampede happened – on Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the South African police have called on the general public to report any person who is missing as a result of the stampede.

“We urge people who actually know that their family members might have attended the church service to go and visit Pretoria west police station so that they can be assisted.” said Captain Selepe.

ECG church members have been left reeling following the accident. Bushiri is one of the most followed prophets in Africa, drawing in hundreds of thousand followers.