A patient at Mansa General Hospital (MGH) has died after he hung himself in the ward using a shoestring.
And police have launched a manhunt to track down people who burnt down a house belonging to a local radio station reporter in Nchelenge.
Luapula Province Police Commanding Officer Auxencio Mbewe confirmed the two incidents to ZANIS.
In the suicide case Mr. Mbewe said the man named Martin Malama, 35 of Maselino village in Luwingu district died on the spot after he hung himself with a shoe string in the mental annex where he was admitted.
Mr. Mbewe said the deceased lynched himself on the grilled door in the ward.
The deceased and his wife had been at the hospital since last week where they had been nursing their child who was admitted for a suspected malaria case.
Mr. Mbewe said the deceased started behaving strangely and presented some suspected mental illness behaviour.
He said this prompted the medical staff at the hospital to sedate and confine him to the mental annex where he later committed suicide.
And police in Nchelenge have launched a man hunt in a case in which a local radio station, Radio Luapula, presenter’s house was burnt down.
Mr. Mbewe said some villages allegedly torched the house of Philip Kambiko of Kenani Village in protest against a radio program he had presented discouraging illegal fishing methods being used by fishermen in the area.
In his discussion with the panel Kambiko attributed the depleting fish stocks in Lake Mweru to non observance of the fish ban and illegal fishing methods allegedly being employed by the people in the area.
However, the story infuriated some villagers and fishermen who stormed his house around 23 hours and set it on fire while he and his family were asleep.
Kambiko and his family, comprising his wife and four children escaped unhurt but household goods worth millions of kwacha were burnt to ashes.
Police have since appealed to the residents to come forward and help with investigation into the arson case.
Meanwhile, government has condemned the act and described as barbaric.
Luapula Province Minister Boniface Kawimbe said it was sad that the people in the area were opposed to the role the radio station was playing in the development of the fishing industry in the district.
He said government would not condone the intimidation and threatening of lives of journalists as they were key to development.
Fish stocks in Luapula Province fisheries have drastically decreased because of non observance of the fish burn and illegal fishing methods being employed by fishermen.
Radio Luapula in conjunction with the ministry of Agriculture has embarked on a series of programs to discourage the bad fishing methods being practiced and educate the residents about the need to conserve the fisheries.
Sad, but a shoe string what was his weight to hang on a string?
Mwebantu, that journalist was only doing his work. He has no finger in the fish ban.
Koma namwe ambewe Mansa of all places very far from home
I think those villagers are just acting in accordance to RBs team as could be seen from the behaviour of MMD thugs. We dont know were we are going if RB is allowed to continue in state house
Suicide on a shoe string budget 101.
Couldn’t resist that one. Seriously, a shoestring. How is this even possible? Someone needs to give more details on this one.
Those ignorant villagers who burned the poor journo’s house, please go to school. Failure to plan long term. If you finish the fish now, what will you eat tomorrow?
Our friends from Liverpool do not want to conserve fish all they are after to line their pockets and have no regard for future generations. Such cases I am certain tharsonists will soon be tracked and arrested by ZP. They have sold more cpmlicated cases such as the Chilala serial killer in Lusaka, The infamous borehole murders, the corporal Sipalo serial killer in Kamwala area. the October 1997 robbery in Livingstone. Kabonde provide all logistics needed to ensure your men get to the bottom of the matter. Community Radio stations are there for the pipos education and entertainment. Its grazy those men want to finish all the fish by using destructive fishing methods. Kwila Kwila nchito ya pezeka.
Our friends from Liverpool do not want to conserve fish all they are after to line their pockets and have no regard for future generations. Such cases I am certain tharsonists will soon be tracked and arrested by ZP. They have solved more cpmlicated cases such as the Chilala serial killer in Lusaka, The infamous borehole murders, the corporal Sipalo serial killer in Kamwala area. the October 1997 robbery in Livingstone. Kabonde provide all logistics needed to ensure your men get to the bottom of the matter. Community Radio stations are there for the pipos education and entertainment. Its grazy those men want to finish all the fish by using destructive fishing methods. Kwila Kwila nchito ya pezeka.
Alya bwafula.Thats is balance of nature some will always try to take an easy way out i.e how it is in the ecosystem some creatures need the nitrogen from this guy
Those guys ****ed up; they took a normal person to a mental block after sadating him, he must have been so depressed when he came round. This case stinks, so explaining needed.
One truck driver was doing his usual delivery to Chainama Hospital when
He discovered a flat tyre as he was about to go home.
He jacked up the truck and took the flat tyre out.
When he was about to fix the spare tyre, he accidentally dropped all the bolts into the
drain.
As he couldn’t fish the bolts out, he started to panic.
One patient happened to walk past and asked the driver what happened.
The driver thought to himself, since there’s nothing much he can do; he told the patient the whole incident.
The patient laughed at him & said “can’t even fix such a simple problem
no wonder you are destined to be a truck driver.”
Here’s what you can do, take one bolt each from the other 3 tyres and fix it onto this tyre.
Then drive to the nearest workshop and replace the…
selfish decisions
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It’s not mental illness that caused this man to commit suicide ” It’s hopelessness and Poverty “. People are committing suicides in Zambia like never before. Zambia is hell……..that’s why people are killing themselves to end their suffering. The governement need to address this issue and offer people hope to prevent more suicides. Sad!!!!
#3 what about yourself?????
Ladies and gentlemen, I suspect that the hospital over charged him hence the bad act. I am not sure but this can be the causer. Even here, people commit suicide if they have big loan and dismissed from employment. The thoughts of how to repay the loan degenerates into committing suicide to avoid persecution.
Zoona ba Zambulance #3. Aint you ashamed to say that about Mr. Mbewe? Mbewe hasn’t crossed the seas like you… He’s surrounded by people of his colour and much more by pure smiles and not the fake smiles you encounter on British soil. Let him enjoy his beautiful land.
Did the patient commit suicide using a copper wire shoe string? An ordinary shoes string wouldn’t kill an adult unless otherwise. And where were the hospital members of staff? I hope we don’t get to hear more of such stories as people using shoe strings to end their lives.
“That Shoe string was not made in China”
Talk of serving people who dont appreciate.
A shoestring? funny and sad.
Some shoe strings are made of cattle hide and can be quite strong because Bata shoe strings yena even 10 of then cannot kill an adult. Unless it is foul play (Black Magic) and we are being made to vision the big rope used as a shoe string
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