A 19 year old man is reported dead in Chitipa district after hanging himself.

Chitipa police station spokesperson, Mathews Mfune, has confirmed of the development in an interview with the press.

Mfune identified the deceased as Kondwani Msukwa was from Chipwela under Senior Chief Mwenemisuku.

The body was found yesterday, Monday.

Chitipa district hospital postmortem shows that death was due to suffocation.