A 70 year old man who was working as a watchman at a certain shop owned by Henly chipojora has been found dead with his head chopped off in Nsanje.

Nsanje Police spokesperson Agnes Zalakoma confirmed of the incident in a statement made available to faceofmalawi reporter.

According to Zalakoma, the deceased identified as Chatala Antonyo on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 did not report for duties.

“The following day 20/04/2017 the deceased was found lying dead at nthole village.

“The matter was reported to Nsanje police Station and Scene of crime was visited by CID personel where it has been noted that his head was amputated and is no where to be found,” reads in part the police report.

The body of has since been taken to Nsanje District Hospital for postmortem.

Antonyo hails from Hapalikusala village T/A Malemia in the district.

Meanwhile Police have launched a manhunt for unknown criminals