Police in Chikwawa have confirmed the death of a 95 year old man identified as Batson Maduka after he was killed over land issues.
The police say they allegedly received information that the two the suspects are Elija Maduka,32, who was a deceased’s son, and Hassan Raphael, 29, planned to attack the elderly man who was working in his garden, and, “they indeed killed him before they buried him in a shallow grave in the same garden”.
Postmortem conducted at Chipwaira Health Centre revealed that death was a result of severe head multiple wounds, secondary by assault.
The suspects will appear before court soon.
Batson Maduka hailed from Kutama Village while Elija Maduka and Hassan Raphael, both hails from Kudzanji Village in the area of Traditional Authority Ngabu in the district.
