A 39-year-old man of Kakoma Village in Chief Chitimukulu’s Chieffom, in Mungwi District in Northern Province has been shot dead by unknown people using a homemade firearm.
Northern Province Police Commanding Officer Simunji Mulonda identified the deceased as Expendicious Mulenga, who was found dead at his farm.
Mr Mulonda said the incident is believed to have occurred between June 14 and 15, 2026, and was reported at Mungwi Police by wife to the deceased, Zeles Tembo 37, on June 15, 2026 at 08:20 hours.
The Commanding Officer disclosed that preliminary investigations have revealed that on June 7, 2026, the deceased, together with his wife and six children, relocated from Kakoma Village to their farm in Kambala Village for harvesting, and on June 14, 2026 around 14:00 hours, the victim left the farm on his King Lion motorcycle to Ngoli area to buy groceries as well as deliver his green National Registration Card (NRC) to his cooperative but never returned  home that evening.
Mr Mulonda said Ms Tembo narrated that around 19:00 hours, while waiting for her husband, she heard a gunshot from Ngoli Village direction within their farm but did not suspect anything.
He explained that the following morning, around 06:00 hours, their 15-year-old son, left home for school and few minutes later returned home to inform her mother that his father was found lying lifeless 700 metres away from the house.
The Police command said officers visited the crime scene and found the body lying on the ground in a pool of blood by the roadside.
He said physical examination revealed multiple gunshot wounds on the right side of the chest and arm, with blood coming out from the mouth.
Mr Mulonda also revealed that a pair of black slippers, a King Lion motorcycle and homemade firearm cartridges were found approximately 1.5 metres from the body.
The body has since been deposited at Kasama General Hospital Mortuary awaiting post-mortem examination to establish the exact cause of death.
He has since appealed to members of the public who may have information that could assist to the arrest of the assailant to report to the nearest police station.
The Police Command has also retaliated its commitment to ensuring that those responsible for the heinous crime are brought to book.
