A 30-year-old man named Wallen Undi has landed in the police net after brutally killing his parents in Lilongwe District, Malawi.
Insp. Hastings Chingalu, who is the spokesperson for Lilongwe Police, confirmed the incident in a statement that said the suspect killed his parents for an unknown reason at Malimbwe Village (Chitedze area), Traditional Authority Malili in Lilongwe on Sunday, December 19, 2021.
Wallen Undi’s parents identified as Williams Lester Undi, 72, and Molly Undi, 68, and are both from the same Malimbwe village.
According to reports, Wallen had killed his parents on Sunday afternoon after his elder sibling Wiza, 32, had left for a walk somewhere.
After returning from his walk, Wiza tried to gain access into the home only to discover the doors were locked, he then decided to go and spend a night at one of their relatives’ houses.
Coming back to the house on Monday morning, December 20, 2021, Wiza, discovered his parents lying in a pool of blood after they have been hacked to death.
According to Insp. Chigalu Wallen, the suspect who is believed to be of unsound mind, was found and arrested by the police right in the house while hiding in one of the rooms.
Meanwhile, both bodies are now at Kamuzu Central Hospital mortuary pending a postmortem.