BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Police in Lilongwe have condemned the mob justice that led to the stoning to death of one suspect and the severe wounding of another after they were found vandalising an ESCOM transformer.
According to Lilongwe Police Spokesperson Inspector Hestings Chigalu,the incident occurred at Mbalame Primary School in Traditional Authority Chadza, Lilongwe, in the early hours of Friday, December 12, 2025
The deceased has been identified as Amon Maliko, 35 years old, while the surviving suspect is Million Gideon,aged 21.
Preliminary investigations indicate that at around 03:00 hours, villagers around Mbalame Primary School were awakened by a loud sound, suspected to be a falling object.
Upon checking, some villagers discovered two individuals dismantling a transformer that had already been taken down.
The community mobilised and attempted to apprehend the suspects, who initially fled.
However, residents from neighbouring villages, alerted by the commotion, joined the pursuit and eventually caught the two.
Villagers from Mbalame, who initially claimed they were taking the suspects to police, instead took them back to the vandalism scene where they began assaulting them.
Police officers rushed to the scene upon receiving a report and managed to rescue Gideon, who was taken for medical treatment.
Maliko, however, was pronounced dead upon arrival at Maluwa Health Centre.
Maliko hailed from Kadambe Village, Traditional Authority Chadza, while Gideon comes from Chazwe Village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Mazengera, both in Lilongwe District.
Police strongly warn communities against mob justice, emphasizing that such acts are criminal and hinder lawful prosecution of offenders.
