Man Commits Suicide by Hanging In Lilongwe

46 year old Gerald Chakwawa has hanged himself in Lilongwe’s remote location of Senti.

Public Relations Relations Officer for Lingadzi Police, Salome Zgambo told Manaonline that the deceased was discovered by his sister, Lucia Chakwawa, who described her late brother as a well known drunkard.

was staying alone in his house and was last seen on Saturday, May 16, 2020.

Zgambo said the deceased, who was last seen on Saturday, lived alone in the area and the sister decided to check on him today around 6AM his house after not seeing him yesterday.

“But she got no response after knocking,” explained Zgambo adding: “She then decided to force the door open and went straight to his bedroom where she found him hanging to the roof. Chikwakwa then reported the issue to police at Lingadzi who visited the scene of crime.”

The body was later taken to Kamuzu Central Hospital where postmortem revealed that death was due to suffocation secondary to hanging.