Man shot on both legs for trespassing at Sanjika Palace

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—A Malawian is in agony at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) after surviving gun shots on Saturday night at Sanjika Palace.

Information reaching Maravi Post indicates that the victim, who was totally drunk, was shot on his both legs for trespassing at the Sanjika Palace, which is home to the State President in Blantyre.

According to a report from Sub Inspector Sambo, on 12/06/21  at around 21:20 hours the victim, identified as Dennis Chikhoza, who was then driving a vehicle registration number  DZ 7792 was totally drunk  while driving towards Sanjika Palace .

 Officers on the first Gate tried to stop him but he didn’t stop, as such he hit the gate and proceeded to the second gate damaging both barriers in the process.

The conduct of Chikhoza prompted officers on duty release bullets from a K2C riffle which landed on both legs.

Victim was referred to QECH for medical attention and his condition is improving.

Mean while investigations are in progress to establish the motive.

Maneno Chimulala

I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University. I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college. Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor. I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).