SUSPECTED UNCLE MURDERER APPREHENDED
Written by Millennium on September 27, 2019
LINDA SOKO TEMBO writes
@SunZambian
POLICE in Mafinga District have apprehended at 22-year-old man suspected to have murdered his uncle at Chimilia Village, in Chief Muyombe’s area and escaped leaving his copse in a pool of blood.
Eric Mwango is suspected to have murdered Chilikumoyo Mfune, 75, at night between Sept. 23 and 24, leaving him with deep cuts on the neck, and the head almost separated from rest of the body.
Muchinga Police Commissioner, Joe Njase, confirmed the incident and said the suspect was apprehended at Lunga Village, in Chief Mwenechifungwe’s area by officers from Muyombe Police Station after he was spotted selling a bicycle, identified to be the property of the deceased.
Mr Njase said Mr Mfune, a widower, lived alone near other family members, and that his murder was reported to Muyombe Police Post by Standwell Simbeye, 55, on September 24.
He said, “It is allegedly reported that later in the night, unknown people attacked him in the house and later dragged him outside after his sister prepared him food and went to sleep.”
“In the morning when his relatives woke up to check on him, they found him lying dead in a pool of blood and was found naked about four meters away from his house facing upwards with multiple deep cuts on the neck, and the cuts almost separating the head from the rest of the body,” he said.
Mr Njase said police suspects the victim was hacked to death using a sharp instrument.
He said when the police visited the crime scene, indication was that the victim was attacked while sleeping and later dragged outside looking at the trail of blood stains leading to where the copse lied.
Mr Njase said the victim’s bicycle was reported to have gone missing from the house the day he murdered and that a tip off from the members of the public, made the officers to act promptly on the matter and he was apprehend. He said the police conducted a body search on Mwango and they found charms on his body which were recovered.
“The bicycle and the charms have been kept at the police as exhibits. The suspect will be charged and arrested for two counts: Murder and Aggravated Robbery on the account that he stole the bicycle. He will appear in court soon,” he said.
