Police arrest Kapiri woman for killing husband

Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo - Picture by Albert Mpezeni

Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo – Picture by Albert Mpezeni

Police in Kapiri Mposhi have arrested a woman aged 32 of Kampongwe in Kapiri Mposhi for allegedly murdering her husband.

The deceased who has been identified as Oliva  Kalangwe aged 34 also of Kampongwe area was initially assaulted by his wife on 26th February, 2017 at about 20:00 hours and he reported the matter to police.

Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo explains that the wife is reported to have used a pointed high heeled shoe to hit the victim and he sustained deep injuries in the head and fore head.

Ms Katongo says he was issued with a Police medical report form but he did not get back to police.

She furthermore explains that his condition later became serious on 1st March, 2017 at 19:00 hours and relatives rushed him to hospital in Kapiri Mposhi where he was hospitalized.

Ms Katongo says he later died on 09th  March, 2017 at 20 00 hours.

She states that yesterday in the morning Police then received information from concerned members of the public that some family members were intending to conceal the death of the victim as they were making arrangement to bury the corpse today.

Ms Katongo tells QTV News that this was when officers went to the area and arrested the suspect identified as Ines Malata who is currently detained in police custody.

She discloses that the body is in the Kapiri Mposhi hospital awaiting postmortem today.

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