Police in Balaka have arrested four people in connection with the murder of a Form 3 student at St Charles Lwangwa Secondary School, Gift Libuda,18, and Patrick Mashalubu, a farmer from Zomba.

The suspects have been identified as Amosi Chisale, 25, Emmanuel Banda, 37, Jingo Chilembwe, 41, and Chimwemwe Banda, 27.

According to Balaka Police Station publicist Gladson M’bumpha, it is alleged that the four attacked and assaulted Libuda to death on September 11, 2023, as he boarded a Toyota Sienta motor vehicle on his way to Chendausiku to collect his luggage.

He said: “Upon their arrests, we also established that the same four allegedly murdered and robbed Patrick Mashalubu of Karaundi Village in Traditional Authority Mbiza in Zomba district of his money amounting to K250,000.00 as he was going to buy farm produce at Golomoti in Dedza District.

The suspects have been charged with murder and they will appear before court soon.”

Amosi Chisale is from Kambadi Village in Traditional Authority Mwandira in Nkhatabay, Chimwemwe Banda is from Mawawa Village in Traditional Authority Mwase in Kasungu, Emmanuel Banda is from Mapulanga Village in Traditional Authority Mbelwa in Mzimba while Jingo Chilembwe comes from Katapito Village in Traditional Chimwala in Mangochi district.

Source: Nation Publications Limited