An albino person has been brutally killed in Zintambira village in Ntcheu last night.

Ntcheu Police Public Relations Officer Gift Matewere has confirmed of the incident in an interview with Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS).

According to Matawere, police officers have been deployed to the scene.

Matewere both legs and arms of the victim have been chopped off by unknown thugs.

The incident comes amid an intensified campaign against attacks and killings of person with albinism.