Police in Mzimba is keeping in a custody a 29 year old man for allegedly killing his 38 year old wife.
Public Relations Officer for Mzimba Police Peter Botha has identified the suspect as Gerald Kapira and the deceased as Lizzie Mbewe.
The two took a quarrel on the night of June 11th, this year, at their house and in the process Kapira took a knife and stabbed his wife on the stomach several times. He later stabbed himself on the stomach and neck.
According to Botha, the wife was pronounced dead upon arrival at the district hospital and postmortem results indicated that she had died due to loss of blood secondary to multiple stub wounds.
The suspect is currently admitted at Mzuzu Central Hospital is expected to appear before court, once he gets discharged, to answer murder charges.
The deceased hailed from Peter Ndabandaba Village, T/A M’mbelwa in Mzimba
Gerald Kapira from Mwenepembo village, T/A Chikulamayembe in Rumphi District.
Source: MIJ
