By Onishias Kamana Maamba
A man of Monze district in
South province has allegedly stabbed his two-old son to death in an unexplained
circumstance.
Police Public Relation Officer
(PRO) Esther Mwata Katongo has confired the development in a statement and has
identified the suspected as Elia Hatontola 28, of Mapafula Village, while the
deceased as Enock Hatontola.
“Police in Monze received a
report of Murder that male Elia Hatontola commonly known as Eliya mama of
Mapafula Village in Monze District murdered his two year old son identified as Enock
Hatontola by stabbing him with a knife in the abdomen,” she said.
Ms. Katonga said the incident occurred
on 12th December, 2019 around 23:00 hours at Kapafula Village in
Monze, but that the motive behind the killing was not yet known.
She added that the body was picked
and deposited in Monze Mission Hospital mortuary.
The Police PRO said the suspect
later attempted to commit suicide by taking unknown poisonous substance but was
apprehended and taken to Monze Mission Hospital.
She revealed that a Docket of
Murder had been opened.
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