Police in Ntchisi are keeping in custody two men for stabbing to death a colleague last night in a fight at a beer drinking joint in the district.

Ntchisi police spokesperson Yohane Tasowana has identified the suspects as Chipulumutso Kanyalo and Gilbert Isaac both aged 26 and the deceased as Bright Mwase aged 25.

According to Tasowana, the matter is still under investigation.

An eye witness, John Phiri said the deceased and the suspects were fighting over a s3x worker.

Kanyala and Isaac hail from Waluza Village in the same area of Traditional Authority Malenga in the district.