Police arrest Man for hacking Boy’s head for rituals
Police in Mangochi has arrested a 22 year old man Mofolo Yohane for hacking the head of a 13 year old boy Bashir Haji with the intention to kill him for ritual purposes.
The victim and three friends aged 11 and 10 went to graze goats in a nearby bush within Chiponda Village in the afternoon of 22nd August
Mangochi police public relations officer inspector Amina Tepani Daudi says suddenly the suspect emerged from the other side of the bush with a panga knife in his hands and started chasing the minors with the victim staying behind to protect the younger ones and was captured
Yohane hacked Hajj several times in the head while his friends ran away shouting for help
He dragged the victim a few metres from the scene covered him with leaves with the intention to return later and fled
The other three informed the villagers who rushed to the place and found the boy unconscious in a pool of blood and was taken to Namakasu Health centre before referred to Mangochi district hospital
The suspect who hails from William Village TA Namkumba in Mangochi was arrested on 26th August in Ngapani where he was hiding
Upon interrogation he revealed that was instructed by a herbalist to bring the eyelashes and bathing water of a dead person to boost his business therefore he decided to kill the innocent by after failing to find a dead body.
