Father kills own daughter in Nsanje

Nsanje police have arrested a 30-year-old man for killing his three-year-old daughter on Monday evening.

Nsanje Police Public relations officer Sergeant Agnes Zalakoma identified the man as Chikumbutso Galu and the deceased as Galasa Lekando both from Galu Village, Traditional Authority Chimombo in the district.

Zalakoma said Galu had a quarrel with her wife, Paula Devani, 27, after she failed to account for money which she was given to spend.

“After the quarrel, the husband picked a panga knife and wanted to hit the wife with it. Unfortunately, the knife landed on the head of the daughter who sustained a big cut and later died,” explained Zalakoma.

She further said the postmortem has been conducted and it has revealed that the cause of death is severe bleeding.

“We visited the scene and arrested the suspect who will be taken to court soon to answer murder charges,” said Sergeant Zalakoma.

source:Mana