Ex-Convict identified as Gift Kathabwa,32, is in police custody at Kawale in Lilongwe on suspicion that he killed a 14-year-old boy, Brian Dimba who hailed from Mkaliwafa Village, Traditional Authority Masumbankhunda in Lilongwe with intention to chop off his private parts.
According to Public Relations officer for Kawale police station,Precious Mabvuto Phiri, the unfortunate incident occurred on September, 10, 2024, around 09:45 hours at Area 17, along Lilongwe River.
Reports filed at Kawale Police indicates that Brian Dimba (now deceased), on the said date, went to swim with five other kids in Lilongwe River, Area 17 from Kaliyeka.
While there, they met a strange man who requested their help to retrieve a fishing net to the other side of the river. The victim and his friend accepted while the other three refused. After walking a distance away, he ordered the other boy to go back and wait for his friend.
After hours of waiting, the boys returned home at Kaliyeka and informed the parents who started searching and later reported to police.
The suspect got arrested after being positively identified by one of the kids. On Friday, 13th September, a dead body was spotted floating.
Further investigations revealed that the suspect did it with his friend with the intention of chopping off private parts.
Through his own confession, they strangulated the boy before throwing him into the river with the intention of retrieving the body overnight to collect some body parts.
Autopsy conducted at Kamuzu Central Hospital has revealed that death was due to broken cervical neck and drowning.
Gift Kathabwa who will soon appear in court to answer murder charges, hails from Chiwamba Village ,Traditional Authority Chimutu in Lilongwe district.
