A 9-year-old child of Tiyimbe Village of Mlolo Chiefdom in Chadiza has allegedly been defiled by a boy aged between 13 and 15.
The incident is reported to have occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
Eastern province Police Commanding Officer Robertson Mweemba said the assault is said to have taken place around 23:00hours on the eve of charismas, when the victim went to celebrate Christmas at her grandmother’s place.
The victim together with her elder sister, aged 12, asked their parents to go and celebrate Christmas at their grandmother’s place.
As they were playing, the perpetrator aged between 13 to 15 lifted the victim in full view of her friends and took her to a nearby maize field.
As the sister and her friends were gathering to go and check her, the perpetrator took chance to molest the girl.
Mr Mweemba said the grandmother was informed on what happened, and she in turn, informed the victim’s mother.
“The parents who stay in Chadiza’s Kamwala Compound, went to check on their daughter at Tiyimbe. The child was picked, and the perpetrator was taken to Chadiza Police Station,” he said.
The juvenile perpetrator is currently is Police custody.
Mr Mweemba says the victim was issued with a medical report to seek medical attention at Chadiza District Hospital
