Police in Isoka district of Muchinga Province has arrested four people for burying a corpse of a deceased female in front of her brother’s house on suspicion that he bewitched her.
Muchinga Police Commissioner Lizzie Machina confirmed the development to ZANIS saying the four suspects spearheaded the burial of Micah Nalwimba in front of her brother’s house.
Ms. Machina disclosed that the four suspects buried the deceased after accusing their elder brother of killing her through witchcraft.
She said calling someone a witch is an offense hence she instructed her officers to appended the suspects.
The Muchinga Police Commissioner explained that the deceased person was working in her field when she suddenly collapsed and was rushed to Isoka district hospital where she eventually died on January 28, 2021.
She added that acting on unsubstantiated allegations, the deceased’s siblings, together with other unknown people, vented their anger by digging a grave and burying the body in front of their elder brother’s house.
Ms. Machina stressed that police shall not sit idle and watch innocent elderly citizens being named as witches or wizards, a situation that sometimes leads to murder.
The incident happened on the January 30, 2021 at about 10:00 hours at Malale village in Isoka district.
Uncivilized behaviour. Very similar to the way upnd members approach things in life. Ignorance will kill us.
Do our people believe in sudden death caused by Cardiac arrest or Stroke??? How can our people in rural areas tell the organs of the diseased were already gone due to malfunctioning of the her by the time she collapsed?
Human body is like of cars, need regular checks…
malfunctioning of the heart…..
They should be given some good lessons
Witchcraft is there & it’s now very common in Zambia & Africa. Even Lungu the first time he became president, after returning from Mfuwe were he went to think of who to put in his cabinet, on his return he told his pf members that they hand gone to ng’angas so they can be included in his cabinet. So Kaizer Zulu, even in PF there is witchcraft.
The only problem is one can’t prove it as per western standards that have been set for black people. So pointing fingers & taking action on it will be deemed unsubstantiated. So we all just get bewitched quitely
Very unfortunate, sudden death is usually caused by cardiac arrest or undiagnosed high blood pressure.How can we be so primitive in the 21st Century?
Miss application of the law. When home affairs minister went after chief Mukuni when HH was imprisoned, accusing him of causing nightmares to the president .. No arrest was made.
Improper burial (if such a law even exists) is the only offence here. The rest is ignorance by both the police and the villagers.