Man killed over egg plants in Salima

A 22 – year – old man, Samson Malitinyo, has been killed by an angry mob in Mulanje for stealing egg plants, Mulanje police station Sub Inspector Gresham Ngwira has confirmed.

According to mother of the deceased, Magret Lucius, during the night of October 6 to 7 this year, Malitinyo went to a certain garden to steal egg plants. She said while there, some people caught him and assaulted him to death.

The PRO, Ngwira said following the report, police took the body to Nkando Health Centre where postmortem singled out head injuries as the cause of death.

Malitinyo hailed from Chideya village, traditional authority Juma in Mulanje, according to Ngwira.

“His death comes days after two other men were killed by an angry mob on the night of October 3 to 4 2020 at Maning’a village in the district. The two are Harry Square, 44 and James Yohane, 45. They allegedly went to the village to steal pigs. When the owner noticed them, he shouted for help and people chased the two and killed them before setting them on fire, ” said the PRO.

Police wish to express concern over rising cases of murder in the district.