A joint team of Police and Fire Brigade officers in Lundazi district has recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified man, believed to have been swept away by strong currents in a stream between Masitala and Masavula villages, within the Mwase chiefdom.
The exact date of the suspected drowning remains unknown.
However, the naked body of the male victim was discovered floating face down on December 21, 2025 around 11:00 hours in the stream whose source is in Jenda, Malawi.
Mwase Police Post received the report on December 21, 2025 around 15:00 hours through Yohane Ngoma 47, who is also Masitala village headman, who indicated that his subject, Blessings Nyirongo, 21, discovered a floating body in the stream.
Eastern Province Commissioner of Police, Robertson Mweemba has confirmed the report.
And a combined team of Police and fire fighters who visited the scene found the body of a man, believed to be between the ages of 35 and 45.
The team retrieved the body which was in a decomposed state had no signs of physical injuries.
Residents of both neighbouring Masitala and Masavula villages could not identify the body of the man.
In consultation with headmen from both villages, it was decided that the body be buried and grave be marked for possible exhumation and postmortem examination.
The body has since been buried on site.
