Police have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly attacking a Catholic nun in Zomba on Thursday 11 April 2024.
National police spokesperson Peter Kalaya has confirmed the arrest and identified the attacker as Mussa Selemani who was arrested in Blantyre on Saturday afternoon.
According to Kalaya, police investigations have established that Selemani is mentally disturbed and a patient at Zomba Mental Hospital.
On the day he allegedly attacked the nun, the suspect also allegedly “caused a scene” at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre during Eid celebrations.
Meanwhile, Selemani has been taken back to the hospital for further examination.
“Officials at Zomba Mental Hospital have confirmed that he is their patient and that he was once admitted to the facility in 2004 and 2008 and he has been taking psychiatric drugs since then,” Kalaya said.
On Friday, the Episcopal Conference of Malawi released a statement in which it revealed that the nun identified as Sister Ruth Kamwendo was abducted and assaulted by unknown occupants of a car that had stopped for her.
The nun, is also head teacher of St Joseph Girls Primary School in Zomba.
