A 26 year old man Nyamazawo Kanono who was suspected to have stolen a Chicken has left earth after an angry mob in Lilongwe stoned him to death.
Kanono is alleged to have stolen a chicken at Nyongani village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kalumbu in Lilongwe district.
The owner of the chicken grabbed Kanono and he informed other villagers.
They agreed to hand him over to a neighborhood watch for action.
But things changed when they started to beat him up and they stoned him to death.
When Nanthenje police got a tip that there was an incident they rushed to the scene together with a health personnel.
Postmortem of his body has revealed that he died of severe head injuries.
Nanthenje police has instituted an investigation into the matter in order to arrest the culprits.
The men in uniform have also warned the citizens to stop taking laws into their hands.