A 16 year old student at Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu District Kelvin Moses has died by suicide after he hanged himself in boys’ hostel
Kasungu police publicist Joseph Kachikho confirmed the incident.
According to reports, Moses took his life after he was summoned for a disciplinary hearing by management after he was found with condoms in his locker.
Kachikho said Moses killed himself when his colleagues were in class.
“It is reported that the boarding master found condoms in his locker, contrary to Kamuzu Academy’s rules and regulations and was summoned for disciplinary hearing the following day. He took his own life at around 1500 hours in the hostel when his friends were in class,” Kachikho said.
The matter was reported to police who visited the scene in the company of medical personnel and postmortem results revealed that death was due to suffocation.
The student hailed from Subi Village in the area of Traditional Authority Khombedza in Salima District.
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