Police in Dowa are keeping in custody an 18-year-old Rwandan woman for allegedly killing a 58-year-old Rwandan man.

Dowa police spokesperson Sub-inspector Gladson M’bumpha confirmed of the development.

According to M’bumpha, the suspect has been identified as Joseline Nazikama who stays in Blantyre, a location within Dzaleka camp in Dowa.

It is alleged that Nakizimana and her brother Nilenganya Etienne, who is currently at large, met the victim who was going to buy beer at a drinking joint within the camp.

They assaulted him for reasons that are yet to be established.

Nakizimana comes from Butali Province in Rwanda while the deceased, John Nihezimana, also came from Butali Province in Rwanda.