A 29 year old man of Chisanga village in Kasama district has been stabbed to death while his wife is still battling for her life in Kasama General Hospital.
This is after the couple was stabbed by a suspected thief who broke into their house.
Northern Province Police Commissioner Richard Mweene told ZANIS that the deceased identified as Moses Mutale was stabbed with a knife above the umbilical cord by Savior Chisanga of the same area.
Mr. Mweene said the suspect broke into the deceased’s house around 03:00 hours yesterday with intention to steal but was later intercepted after the owners heard strange noise.
He disclosed that Chisanga then stabbed Mutale with a knife ripping his intestine and he died on the spot.
The Police Chief narrated that the suspect then turned to the deceased wife who tried to rescue her late husband and stabbed her in the head, back and the chest.
Mr. Mweene said the wife of the deceased identified as Elizabeth is in a critical condition and currently admitted to Kasama General Hospital.
The Commissioner revealed that police managed to recover a knife believed to have been used to commit the crime from the scene.
He disclosed that the suspect who has been arrested and charged with one count of murder and unlawful wounding will appear in court soon.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited at Kasama General Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Point of correction or rather there are so mistakes in the above news item. The suspect should not be referred to as a ‘suspected thief’, instead, he committed a serious nefarious act which is identified as an attempted armed robbery. By and large, he also perpetrated additional nefarious acts such as murder, attempted murder and assault GBH. If he had had taken any item from the deceased’s estate, he would have been correctly charged with armed robbery in lieu of attempted robbery in addition to further charges listed in the precursory sentence. As the matter in issue stands, the current circumstances demands further probing from the investigation team or the lead detective so as to ascertain all relevant pieces of the jigsaw puzzle.
Stop using that last sentence, it is so degrading, so Zambian. Mortuary is not a bank where bodies are deposited.
29 year old Moses Mutale had an umbilical cord?
@Jean Bonheur; you made my day!
@Jean Bonheur, kikikikiki imwe mwebantu ni pamutoto kikikikiki.
Belly button
Still trying to figure out, “like, how?”
Comment: people of Zambia that’s a language no one is perfect in English .
To bad, ignorance isn’t painful. thanks for the article at least we have a news item from someone’s bedroom.kkkkkk
sentence to death
Anyway ,this article was posted emotionaly,that is why some sentences and words are not at their right places.Understand please!!!!!