Police in Chileka are looking for Yona Banda 28, who has murdered his wife, Susan Chiphwanya, after disagreements over family issues.
The suspect, who is a butcher, was married to the deceased and were both staying at Muoonga Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chigalu around Mdeka area in Blantyre District.
Yesterday at around 5pm, the two were overheard quarrelling over some family matters.
The quarrel led to a fight in which Yona took a panga knife and hacked his wife several times on the neck and chest.
Susan died instantly and the suspect hired a motorcycle taxi and left.
After postmortem, it was revealed that Susan died because she lost a lot of blood.