Uncriminals have killed a security guard at a coffin workshop in Balaka district where they have also gone away with bags of cement, a gas cylinder, a wheelbarrow, and other items.

This comes barely two weeks after another guard was also found dead by passers-by.

There has been a spate of killings targeting security guards in the district for the past few months.

The details of the deceased are sketchy at the moment as police are investigating.