TWO people have died in Nkasi District in Rukwa Region, including a Form Four student of Nkomolo Secondary School, Fredy Richard, alias Pupa (19) who has been stabbed to death by a fellow student aged 18.
The deceased was attacked by the colleague who was armed with a kitchen knife, slitting his stomach wide open.
According to reports from the scene of the incident, the two boy were playing “ when fighting ensued between them, degenerating into a physical confrontation.”
The Rukwa Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Justine Masonje, confirmed the grisly incident that occurred on January 29,this year at Mkangale area at in Namanyere township at around 10:15 pm.
According to RPC the body of deceased has been preserved in a morgue in a hospital pending burial arrangements.
In another incident, a resident of Nkomolo in Namanyere township in Nkasi District, Elisha Mganya (32) drowned in a well while attempting to rescue his cat that had fallen into it.
The RPC said the incident occurred on January 29, this year at Nkomolo. Reports from the scene of incident had it that the cat was subsequently rescued.
The RPC further revealed that the body of Mgaya has been preserved in the morgue at Nkomolo Health Center at Namanyere to await collection by relatives for burial arrangements.
