Police in Nkhata Bay have arrested three men in connection with the alleged murder of a businessman whose death led to the fracas between two villages which has seen four people getting killed and 21 houses at Msakanene village razed to ground.

Nkhata Bay Police Publicist Sergeant Kondwani James says the three are Mavuto Moyo, 31, Kelvin Mhone, 37 and Enock Moyo, 23 from Nthulinga Village in the area of Traditional authority Timbiri.

The slain businessman Gift Mugha 35, hailed from TA Kilipula in Karonga district.