Angry mob at Goliati Trading Centre in Thyolo  burnt a man to death on Thursday for stealing maize in a field.

Public Relations Officer for Thyolo Police station, Sub-Inspector Amos Tione, identified the man as Davie Mathumura of 25-years-old.-

Reports reaching Face Of Malawi say that the man who has a criminal record in the area was caught stealing maize in one of the maize fields and as per his habitual behavior of stealing, the mob took him to Goliati Trading Centre where they assaulted and later burnt him to death.

After the police received a report about the incident,  they rushed to the scene and took the body to Thyolo District Hospital where postmortem results showed that the death was due to head injury secondary to burnt wounds.

Davie Mathumura, 25, hailed from Chilombo village in the area of Traditional Authority Chimaliro in Thyolo district.