Death has been announced Peter Magaleta, Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT4) final year student at Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA).

Polytechnic Student Union President Kunozga Mlowoka confirmed of the development in a statement made available to faceofmalawi.

According to Mlowoka, Magaleta died on Monday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre while receiving diabetic treatment.

Magaleta will be laid to rest today at his home village in Mulanje.