Lilongwe, July 23, 2017: In an apparently strange deviation from cultural norms and tradition of respecting a dead body, residents of Chinsapo, Likuni and Chigwirizano townships on Sunday, burst into wild celebrations after news broke out that a suspected notorious criminal nicknamed Baraba, has been killed by some people.

Thousands of people came out of their houses, carrying tree branches and joined a group of people carrying the fallen criminal on a makeshift stretcher, on their way to an unknown destination, allegedly on a mission to set his body on fire, according to eyewitnesses. Continue reading Mob celebrates killing of an alleged criminal in Chinsapo →