Mob kills man over witchcraft in Mulanje
A mob in Mulanje on Tuesday killed a 55-year-old Mandson Benson on allegations that he was practicing witchcraft.
Mulanje Police Station Officer, Isaiah Mlowoka, said the deceased was being accused for having a hand in a death of another man identified as Chifundo Mwenye from the same village earlier this month.
Mlowoka said Mwenye’s relations ganged up on Tuesday around 13hours and assaulted Benson to death.
Police spokesman said the incident happened at Kalamwa Village, in the area of Traditional Authourity (TA) Mabuka in the district.
“The deceased was indeed assaulted to death by an angry mob led by some relatives of the person who was said to have been killed by the deceased using witchcraft and was pronounced dead at Mulanje District Hospital,” he explained.
Police have since arrested seven suspects and charged them with murder and are currently in custody awaiting court appearance.
Police have since advised the public to resist from taking the law into their hands.
Belief in witchcraft runs deep in Malawi where curses and spells are blamed for everything from unexplained deaths to the spread of HIV/Aids to irregular rainfall.
stupid malawians
Muluzi wa galu ndi umodzi
So sad why malawi doing this
Alomwe sazatheka
What can you expect from Alomwe? Mzimene amaziwa basi.
Everything is possible in Malawi.
Ufiti kulibe inu. Ndilodzeni ine tione
where are you… tikumane …titsimikizilane…kenako ndikulodze uwone. .sanakulodze pakhale mboni ziwiri ya kwathu ndi ya kwanu.
The law should recognise witchcraft and devise a procedure for proving the same in a court of law. We cannot continue to pretend to believe that witchcraft does not exist. Poverty in Africa is generally perpetuated by acts of witchcraft.
What actually exists is the persistence of witchcraft beliefs and practices…….Nothing beyond that…..
It’s difficult to prove beyond reasonable doubt in court of law. So it can’t work