Unknown assailants have hacked to death a 14 year-old boy in Nsanje district.

Group Village Headman Dumba in the area of Senior Chief Tengani has confirmed the development and identified the deceased as Anthony Manchester.

He says unknown people broke into the house where the boy was sleeping and hacked him.

“The incident has been reported to police as the community policing have intensified night patrols,” explains the traditional leader.

Spokesperson for Nsanje Police, Sub-Inspector Agnes Zalakoma has condemned the act.

She says they have since launched a manhunt to establish assailants behind the brutal death.

Once caught, the suspects will answer murder charges.