Unknown man in his fourties has died after hanging himself in a tree using shoe laces rope. The incident occurred on May 3, 2023 at around 06:00 hours at Chinkhwiri Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chakhaza in Dowa District.

Report indicates that Village Headman Katumbi received information from some young men from his village who were plucking guava fruits that they had discovered the dead body of the unknown man hanging himself in a maize field of a certain man (name withheld).

Upon receiving the information, Village Headman Katumbi mobilised village headmen surrounding his village and their people to identify the deceased but no one identified him. Later, they reported the matter to Mponela Police Station.

Scene of crime was visited by Mponela Police Station detectives accompanied by medical personnel from Mponela Rural Hospital Hospital and the body was found in a decomposed state.

Postmortem was done and established that death occurred due to suffocation secondary to strangulation.

The unknown man wore checks jacket and a black trouser. He was black in complexion, slim and medium in height.

Police at Mponela in Dowa District are advising any one who know that his relatives is missing should report to Mponela Police Station.