{"id":53213,"date":"2023-11-25T19:43:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T19:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog"},"modified":"2023-11-25T19:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T19:54:54","slug":"family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog","title":{"rendered":"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl who was attacked by a security dog.<\/p>\n

The incident happened at Crossroads complex in Lilongwe in July this year. Ellen was with her elder sister coming from Maula Prison where they went to visit a relative. While walking at the, Ellen was attacked by the dog.<\/p>\n

Lilongwe Police spokesperson Hastings Chigalu said the dog escaped from its handler, a guard for Safeguard Security Services, and had no mouth muzzle.<\/p>\n

Lawyer for the family lawyer Gift Katundu has told Zodiak Online that they are demanding compensation from the owners of the complex and the security company.<\/p>\n

According to Katundu, the compensation is for loss of life and loss of dependence. He added that child\u2019s elder sister is also suing the security company for nervous shock she suffered at the sight of the incident. Katundu further said that their aim is to ensure justice prevails in the matter.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl who was attacked by a security dog. The incident happened at Crossroads complex in Lilongwe in July this year. Ellen was with her elder sister coming from Maula Prison where they went to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,25],"tags":[233,371,840,284,234,3145,1054,568],"class_list":["post-53213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-featured","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-children","tag-death","tag-malawi","tag-money","tag-murder","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"\nFamily demands compensation over death of child killed by dog - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl wh ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl wh ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-25T19:43:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-25T19:54:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-25T19:43:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-25T19:54:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Children\",\"death\",\"Malawi\",\"money\",\"murder\",\"police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Featured\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog\",\"name\":\"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-25T19:43:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-25T19:54:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl wh ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg\",\"width\":612,\"height\":408,\"caption\":\"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog - Malawi","description":"The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl wh ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog","og_description":"The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl wh ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-25T19:43:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-25T19:54:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":612,"height":408,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog","datePublished":"2023-11-25T19:43:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-25T19:54:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog"},"wordCount":188,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Children","death","Malawi","money","murder","police"],"articleSection":["all news","community","Featured"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog","name":"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-25T19:43:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-25T19:54:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The family of 10-year-old Ellen Chawanda has demanded compensation from a security company over the death of the girl wh ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700929406.425052.jpg","width":612,"height":408,"caption":"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/family-demands-compensation-over-death-of-child-killed-by-dog#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Family demands compensation over death of child killed by dog"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}