An angry mob from Marka in Ndamera area Nsanje district have beaten up an unknown man on the suspicion that he threw two children into a deep pit on Monday 12 August 2024.

Nsanje police spokeswoman Agness Zalakoma said the man was seriously injured following the attack and was sent to the Queen Elizabeth General Hospital in Blantyre.

According to Zalakoma, the man is believed to have thrown the children into the pit near the edge of the Nyachilenda Bridge.

She said that the guards from the China Railway 20 repair company saw the children who are a 7-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy in a pit and they latter informing people who managed to get them out of the pit.

Meanwhile, the children who suffered serious head injuries have been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where they are receiving medical help.