A 32-year-old man of Lumpa Village in Mansa District is in police custody, accused of murdering his 59-year-old uncle over a K4,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eLuapula Province Police Commanding Officer Godfrey Mwanza confirmed the development to ZANIS, that the suspect, identified as Laston Bwalya, allegedly killed his uncle, Levy Malundika, following a dispute over maize payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eMr Mwanza revealed that the matter came to light on March 27, 2026, when Mansa Central Police received a missing person report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eDetails are that Mr Malundika had travelled to Mansa Town to follow up on payments for maize he supplied to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) but never returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200e\u201cInvestigations revealed that Mr Malundika was living with his nephew, who later became a suspect in the matter,\u201d Mr Mwanza said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eHe said that on April 1, 2026, police officers, accompanied by family members, searched the deceased\u2019s residence where items including beddings, a mattress, documents, and a door curtain stained with suspected blood were recovered as exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eHe said a further search led to the discovery of the deceased\u2019s National Registration Card, two SIM cards, and a mobile phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eMr Mwanza explained that the suspect allegedly killed his uncle on January 16, 2026, around 12:00 hours, using a hammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200e”He then got over K4,500 and reportedly buried the body in a shallow grave approximately 20 metres from the house, within the same yard,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eHe stated the suspect then led police to the burial site, where the scene was secured pending exhumation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eThe Police Chief said on April 11, 2026, the body was successfully exhumed and a post-mortem examination was conducted by a pathologist at Mansa General Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eMr Mwanza added that Preliminary post-mortem findings suggest injuries consistent with foul play and that further forensic analysis, including DNA testing, will be conducted to support ongoing investigations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 32-year-old man of Lumpa Village in Mansa District is in police custody, accused of murdering his 59-year-old uncle over a K4,500. \u200eLuapula Province Police Commanding Officer Godfrey Mwanza confirmed the development to ZANIS, that the suspect, identified as Laston Bwalya, allegedly killed his uncle, Levy Malundika, following a dispute over maize payments. \u200eMr Mwanza […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3466,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465\/revisions\/3466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}