Police in Chikhwawa on Wednesday arrested seven Form Four students from Chikhwawa secondary school for assaulting a fellow student whom they accused of stealing a golf shirt.
Police say the assaulted student, Andrelelo Mako, washed his clothes and after they had dried up he mistakenly combined his clothes with a shirt belonging to a fellow student.
District Police spokesperson Sandy Ngulube said the student was later beaten up, and fainted.
The arrested students Dennis Chilondi aged 17, Yunus Malunga, 17, Lucky Chilenje 16, Petro Jonason, 17, Erick John 18, Manuel Kachitsa 16 and Samuel Banda will appear before court on Wednesday to answer charges of assault likely to cause body harm.
