In Mzuzu police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a four-year-old girl, Jennifer Mtambo, at Zolozolo Township.
According to Cecilia Mfune, Northern Region Police Public Relations Officer the girl went missing on 9 October 2026, while playing outside her home with friends.
Mfune said that the girl was found unconscious in a nearby unfinished house the following day and was rushed to Mzuzu Central Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
After a hospital postmortem examination it was established that the young girl died from strangulation following a suspected sexual assault.
Identities of the suspects are yet to be known as Mfune said the suspects’ identities will be disclosed after investigations are completed.
Mtambo hailed from Nyimbiri Village, Traditional Authority Mwenechanya, in Chitipa District.
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