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Two teenagers brutally murder and mutilate a taxi driver in order to have money during Christmas

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Lusaka Province Commissioner of Police, Joyce Kasosa
Lusaka Province Commissioner of Police, Joyce Kasosa

Two male teenagers are behind the brutal killing and defacing of a taxi driver, Matthews Chipili, who was dumped at a plot in Lusaka’s Roma Township a week ago, Police have confirmed.

The two Lusaka youngsters are aged 14 and 16, Lusaka Province police commissioner Joyce Kasosa said.

The two youngsters will appear in court on Monday after police closed the investigations. They face a possible charge of murder and aggravated robbery.

“We have concluded investigations in the killing of Matthews Chipili. We have apprehended two teenagers aged 16 and 14 who confessed to the killing and they took us to the site of the killing and explained how they performed the killing and stole his vehicle and that they wanted to enjoy life from the robbery. The two will appear in court on Monday, next week,” Ms Kasosa said.

The murder trial involving the two juveniles is widely expected to stir public interest and have a packed courtroom though entry would be restricted to close relatives as it would be a juvenile hearing.

Their motive, Ms Kasosa said, was merely to steal the late Mr Chipilii’s vehicle and ‘enjoy’ proceeds of the heinous act, of Thursday last week.

Ms Kasosa said this at a media breakfast organised by the Zambia Police at Southern Sun Hotel in Lusaka yesterday.

Mr Chipili’s body was discovered by passersby who alerted police. The killing shocked the public more so that it left Mr Chipili’s family traumatised.

The teenagers informed police during investigations that they intended to the sell the stolen vehicle and use the money during the festive season.

The late Mr Chipili, who died at the age of 20, was discovered with his facial skin peeled off, his throat cut-open and left eye and tongue gouged out as the two juvenile assailants went away with his car, which had since been recovered by police.

Ms Kasosa dispelled assertions that the murder was in any way linked to the murder of late National Institute Public Administration (NIPA) Ruth Mbandu who was slain in a similar manner in July this year.

Police thanked the media for being patient, while investigations were conducted as releasing piece-meal information was going to have jeopardised the probe.

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police Stella Libongani said a total of 9,612 gender-based violence (GBV) had so far been recorded this year.

Ms Libongani also said 1,000 people had lost their lives in road traffic accidents, recorded in various parts of the country.

Ms Libongani said 1,650 accident victims had survived with grave injuries while 2,000 survived with minor ones.

[Times of Zambia]

51 COMMENTS

  1. As a student of Anatomy and holder of a degree in Human Biology I think there is more to this story.It takes some skill to be able to quickly remove skin of the face,detach an eye from its connections to the brain via nerves and blood vessels,cut a very vascular tongue….These kids were hired to kidnap the driver and an adult killed and mutilated the driver. The act is too bloody and gruesome to be done by teenagers.Hope the lawyers and police investigate this properly.

    • i couldn’t agree with you more.i find it hard to believe that the whole police service can believe this story as it is. if these teens were only intrested in the proceeds, it would just have ended at the robbery stage and not gone to the extent of dismembering the victim!!! the police, please dig deeper.

    • These are two perpetrators are indeed capable of doing this. Considering that this was premeditated, they surely thought to carry weapons, in this case a sharp knife of some sort, so as to have overwhelming power of the 20 year old victim. While it’s not fully clear from the article exact details of the incisions, they could have already have practiced on small animals, much like other psychopaths have done. In a abnormal psychology class I took, we studied several murders and other acts and deconstructed the behaviors of several people from US to Russia and looked at their evolution. Of course I could be wrong but if a psych eval is made, you’ll find clues as to why they did this. It’s science fact, not fiction.

  2. Hmmm…if the intention was merely to grab the car, sell it and enjoy the proceeds, why remove the eye, facial skin etc? This story does not make sense. And what 14 year old would be so evil as to do this? I don’t buy it.

  3. These kids r satanists!!At 14 or 16, how  n where did they learn how 2 peel off someone’s skin sure? They should hang 4 this gruesome murder whether they are kids or not!!!

  4. Disappointed with the police. Get the big guys behind these killings! Not just ending at these small boys. There are big fish out there.

  5. Sad story. But what law have they used to charge these minors. Is it the Juvenile Law? I remember there is a juvenile who walked to freedom sometime back at mukobeko as the legal experts argued that he was a minor.

  6. When fishing, immediately you see fry, then know there is big fish around. So police you have the lead. Go for the big fish

  7. #9 they will walk no law in our conutry can charge a minor…….In SA boys between 9 and 14 three of them raped and killed and cut the heads of a white gal and the mother but after six months walked free…. they also stole a car from them….Question is where do they get the idea of cutting off human heads, where do the get the strength if one does not have an axe….. Its sad

    • My Question as well! Where do the so called minors learn such skills from? Possible answers: too many movies and wrong materials that could have landed in their hands. Some professional killer could also have trained them … they are old enough to assimilate and practice what they are taught. This could not even be the first time they are performing such! my other question could be: how where they caught? What about the many other bodies that may not have been discovered? Sad story indeed!

  8. The statement was written by an adult. The brats simply signed under duress. They may be deliquent but i doubt if they committed the crime.

  9. Boma ni boma. Don’t doubt this nonsense. This is PF Pure Fooling time. God knows the truth will be revealed later when Satan leaves the throne.

  10. I agree with some of you bloggers’ analysis. A child cannot repeat cannot perform such a gruesome ‘operation’. There should be older murderer (s) involved. Unless they have killed before and are experts who are being used by the devil or initiated in satanism. I am over 50 years of age and I am so frightened to even slaughter a chicken.

  11. These children were under demonic influence and did what they did.The devil can use any age thats why parents are told to teach their children the fear of God from the word go.The devil trained them.I have heard children say deeper things when they are taken for deliverance like in TBJoshuas church so am not surprised.

    • Ba Mary! Stop blaming imaginary beings for the actions of human beings! So if your theory is correct that they were under the influence of this demonic being, how the heck do we arrest him or her for been the mastermind of this henious act?

    •  Goncalves, wanisekesa, i also hate it when people blame the devil for their actions. ask the kids to bring the devil so we can arrest him if they cant then they will take full responsibility. 

    • The gullible African mind at work; that’s the white man’s churches are a success in Africa because of people like you Mary!!

  12. The parts removed from the Taxi driver were used 4 ritual purposes n the case rily goes beyond these chaps!!The Police have not mentioned if they found the guy’s  hart, eyes, tongue private parts n the other stuff removed from his body…They nid 2 investigate deeper than wat they av given us coz the loose ends r so many

  13. this case must be well investigated and not rush to conclude the investigations, i dont think this was just about stealing the vehicle, something else and someone older was involved here and the kids are trying to protect the person. this maybe related to ruth’s killing in that the ‘big man” who benefits from such crimes is still at large and still use young people to commit such crimes or the kids drew inspiration from that gluesome murder and followed the same steps. 

  14. Dictator Sata is blind to these vices ravaging our nation. He is more concerned about himself and his tree forest. Gender Based Violence against women is not crime under dictator Sata as his main financier GBM is expert in GBV and who can question Mwamba minister of defence. Dictator Sata says his ministers can not be arrested or investigated on any crime comitted. Police woman Joyce Kasosa is talking to herself.

    • So wat are you telling us? are you saying sata is involved? Contribute based on the topic at hand. We dont mind whether Sata is a dictator or what. The fact that he is president and inheritated the rotten Police Force not service. This case will have a shallow investigation.

  15. What a sick way to make money! The girl who did obscene dancing with Daliso is far much better than these littel devils. Men/boys do much worse things than women/girls. But we cry loudest about girls misadventures! What a country!

  16. The story does not add up. If the teens just wanted to have a good time why didn’t they just rob him of his money? Something is missing here

  17. There is rampant drug use by teenagers in Lusaka now, Cocaine is sold everywhere. These kids could have been high on something to commit such a heinous crime

  18. These teenagers of to day can do it. They are too lazy to work for money but are always looking for free money. Jail them for life so others learn from them.

    Peace and prosperity to Mother Zambia.

  19. You don’t need to be an expert in criminology to work out that this case is by far inconclusive. The first report mentioned eye witnesses who saw the people that hired the taxi and fellow taxi drivers who said they could lead the police to the perpetrators. Is it me or since when did 14 or 16 year olds feel so confident in driving that they would carjack someone? Why would they target a male taxi driver when they could have easily picked a venerable member of the public who would offer less or no resistance? Would be interesting if the Judge orders that they should be tested to see if they can actually drive. The fact that the police seem to be in hurry to close this case is highly suspicious. 

  20. I’m a nurse and reading this story makes me wonder what’s going on with the police service. Peeling off a persons face requires knowlegde of the act/procedure you are doing. A 14 year old and 16 year old do not possess those skills. You have to have trained or have vast experience to carry out what they did. This makes no sense at all.

  21. We need a real Christian president end of story. If you are too dumb to realise what I have just said my hearts aches for you. Miyanda for president and none of this nonsense would occur.

    • This has nothing to do with the Presidency. Give us information or statistics on a country that is led by a christian Presidency and people don’t kill each other? People are evil and we cant beat about the bush. Ruth was murdered by Christians. The only thing we need is to pray for the country so that people should have the fear of the Lord (God).

  22. Highly unprofessional reporting with smiling and highly jovial commissioner of police. Remove your smiling face from this somber report. Please.

  23. eish these kids!!i dont think they did it there was an adult involved…why remove the skin and tongue and eye?this was a ritual killing…if the kids wanted the car they wudv beaten him up and stolen the car bas!!or perhaps kids are now the new hitmen…we need stiffer laws for juveniles..

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  25. Their motive, Ms Kasosa said, was merely to steal the late Mr Chipilii’s vehicle and ‘enjoy’ proceeds of the heinous act, of Thursday last week.
    The late Mr Chipili, who died at the age of 20, was discovered with his facial skin peeled off, his throat cut-open and left eye and tongue gouged out as the two juvenile assailants went away with his car, which had since been recovered by police.
    I cant see any connection, Why peel off the skin, remove the tongue and eye if the motive was to steal the car? The police have not completed the job, we need answers

  26. The chaps must be sentenced to death by hanging regardless of their age. nomba chi kala driver nankwe was he overpowered by teenagers?

  27. Here’s a link to actual teenage murderers from around the world. This is to reiterate the fact that teenagers are indeed capable of such depraved acts.

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