A 12 year old boy has murdered his nineteen year-old cousin, Simon Nguluwe over a quail bird locally called ‘Chinziri’.

Kasungu Police Spokesperson, Inspector Edwin Kaunda confirmed of the development in an interview with one of the local daily papers.

According to Kaunda, the juvenile hacked Nguluwe in the head using an axe, after a quarrel over ownership of the Chinziri they both killed.

Postmortem results show that Nguluwe died due to severe loss of blood.

Meanwhile Police are yet to arrest the juvenile.