Man kills own child after wife denied him excess to Punani in Zambia

A 20 year-old man of Kasempa, North-Western Province, is said to have murdered his one month old baby boy after his wife allegedly denied him s*x, on account that the child was still young.

North-Western Province police commanding officer Dennis Moola, who confirmed the incident that happened on Tuesday around 07:00 hours at Mubizo village near Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in Mpungu area, identified the suspect as Moyela Katamisha, of Tulisha village.

“[He] was demanding to have s*x with his wife after smoking cannabis, but the wife refused because their baby was still young,” Mr Moola said.

The wife reportedly decided to go outside to clean the surroundings, leaving the baby with the father, but when she returned inside the house, she found her baby bleeding from the nose and mouth.

The child was rushed to the clinic, where it was pronounced dead upon arrival.