WIFE ALLEGEDLY MURDERED BY HUBBY FOR ALLOWING CHILD TO PLAY WITH BOX OF MATCH STICKS
A Luapula man has been accused of murdering his wife for allowing their child to play with a box of match sticks.
Fewdays Matipa did not take kindly seeing his daughter playing with a box of match sticks at their Kayanike village home in Mwense District.
Luapula Police commanding officer Fwambo Siame said Matipa vented his anger on the wife and murdered her.
“Brief facts are that the husband to the deceased saw his three year old daughter playing with a box of matches outside the house which did not go well with him. He started quarrelling with his wife as to why she had allowed the child to be playing with matches. In the process of arguing the deceased went into the house where she was followed by the husband who started beating her,” Mr Siame said.
He said the brother to the deceased was alerted after the baby started crying.
“Kaoma James the young brother to the deceased who was outside the house nearby who immediately rushed there and found his sister laying on the floor lifeless. Thereafter he alerted other people about what Mr Matipa had done to his sister,” Mr Siame said.
He however, said Police visited the scene and confirmed the incident with “the body found lying on a mattress. On physical examination, no physical injuries were observed on the body.”
The suspect was apprehended and is in police custody.