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Businessperson murdered in Nkhata Bay

 

Police in Nkhata Bay have launched a man hunt for unidentified assailants who brutally killed a 47-year-old Nkhata Bay-based businessperson.

Nkhata Bay Police Station spokesperson Cecilia Mfune said Michael James Maglioli, a United States national, was murdered on Saturday at his residence in the district.

Murdered: Maglioli

“The deceased was killed in his house at Dambo area,” she confirmed.

His maid told police that Maglioli, who used to sell beverages, heard a knock and opened the door thinking customers wanted to be served.

She said when he opened the door, the maid saw strange men who had covered their faces with masks and some were armed with pangas.

“The thugs tied the deceased with wires and murdered him gruesomely,” said Mfune

The matter was reported to Nkhata Bay Police Station who together with medical personnel confirmed his death.

A post-mortem established that Maglioli died of severe loss of blood and multiple big cut wounds on the head.

 

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