A 66 year old man was today found murdered in Sinazongwe district in Southern Province.
Sinazongwe District Commissioner, Mungoni Simulilika confirmed to ZANIS that Kobert Siamaya in Chief Sinazongwe’s area was killed and his body dumped in a field.
Mr. Simulilika said the deceased who was axed, sustained a deep cut on the back of his head and three more on the forehead.
He said, of the three people suspected to have taken part in the murder, Sinazongwe police have arrested one man identified as Mukonka Koleni Moonga, while the two others are on the run.
The District Commissioner explained that the deceased went to attend a funeral of his nephew within the village, where he found the three suspects, also said to be his nephews.
Mr. Simulilika said the deceased was accused of being a witch and that he was the one who caused his nephew to drown and die on Lake Kariba.
He said the deceased was beaten with sticks and then axed, as he ran away from the funeral house and that later his three nephews followed and murdered him, before dragging and leaving his body in a field.
Mr. Simulilika commended the law enforcement officers for their hard work and urged them to arrest the other two suspects who were on the run.
The body of the deceased is in Maamba Hospital Mortuary waiting for postmortem, before burial.
ENDS/TN/PK/ZANIS
Poverty at work. Another senseless death…
its saddening that our friends i certain parts of the country are not enlightened on how the law operates and are still relying on old beliefs. I think there is need for legal literature to be translated into local languages and disseminated in such rural areas.. and also for workshops to be held where village elders and even the normal villager can attend, such workshops should aim to educate these people on their rights and liabilities in legal-social affairs.. really a saddening development.
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Not again. Southern Province its either defilement or killing each other. Why? God help them.
#2, wakambako va nzelu manje! thanks to LT for reforming you into a sane blogger.
#4, Thats why we have the likes of Maestro here, balibe Nzelu ba tonga.
red lipstick i can change any time,, you see its becoz of people like you that i misbehave.. no need to hate on a tribe which is feeding you..mummy LOL.. elo mummy nifunseko.. you know i have a cousin who wants to get the new passport his oso pa UK..do you know the ka procedure?
#7, tell him/her to go to the Zambian high commission. He will be given some sophiscated forms to fill in since the deadline has passed. Then he can go home and wait till Jesus comes
#* Ha ha ha aaha my sister till Jesus comes again? Had it been pa Zed I would have advised but then mwebaba uko ku chitechi………….. wait till Jesus comes. Nanga malilo ya Michelo Jackson umwana waba Tonga mwalishika???
For the wages of sin is death,you deserve to die so that umfwe efyo cumfwika ukufwa.May your soul not rest in peace,may the pipo you have killed you haunt you day and night in your coffin Amen.
thank you my sister.. i will see wat i can do for him.. i am sure nga navachekela things will move fast
matworld way to go.. buddy
I ye shuya
Another senseless Tonga murder. Ninshi kanshi ku southern.
#9, kaya bene baku USA., but tiyende ku burial
Bamulosh (wizards & witches) are public enemies nambala one in African communities. Sorcery is what peaceful Zambians don’t condone. Like in ancient biblical times, the natural punishment is death.
NINE CHALE BUT TIME HAVE CHANGED YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT CULTURE IS A MOBILE THING WHILE RELIGION IS MUCH MORE RESISITANT TO CHANGE.. THEREFORE WE CAN CONDONE THIS ATLEAST IF IT WAS EVEN CARRIED OUT IN TERMS OF A RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE PLAYING A ROLE IN THE KILLING OF THE MAN..NOT EVER CHANGING CULTURES..
ATI TIME HAVE CHANGED HAHA MEANT HAS.. YA NA VANZELU TUMAPWANYA SOMETIMES
Respect the old please.
Nambala 10, should be appointed minister of Home affairs and religious Matters alina nzelu maningi ..he has suggested In plain English that ”The man deserves it,so that he can understand how it feels to die”
and what position does numbala 2 deserve mu government?
#10 Masturb-world, was the deceased your uncle too? You sound to know his background well.
This is really sad. when i was young i used to think that any old man was a witch!
savages!
I noticed that LT has removed some postings that had nothing but shear tribalistic rantings. I salute that. I always wonder why a Zambian would think of another Zambian as inferior simply because of a thing like tribe, place of birth, colour of skin, height, weight or any such basic data. In Zambia, just like in many other African countries, witchcraft is unfortunately a reality. It is there and is a problem in all provinces of Zambia. Just venture to find out the number of witchcraft cases that pass thru our local courts – & that is just the tip of the iceberg, the rest they sort each other out using other means.
#7 so you do realise that you misbehave ka?
Kanshi tatwalekota?
GUYS NISHI NOMBA ABANTU TABAKULAKOTA?I BELIEVE THAT GUY WENT ON HIS ON KU DAM AND NOT WITH THE OLD MAN,YOUNG STARS OF TODAY YOU ARE THE WIZARDS.MWE NDONSHI MWE BAKOLOKOBWA
#16 iwe,witchcraft is bullcrap! why aren’t they rich? you refer to bibilical times where in Africa?are you blind? the fact is these people are dumb and as Africans we are not ready to accept illnesses which are complex or beyond our understanding it is simply ubututu!!!!!!!!!!
Zambians you are displaying a worrying tendency of believing stuff! don’t waste your time on things beyond your scope!!!!!!!