Grand daughters set grandmother ablaze, accuse her of bewitching them not to get husbands

Senior Chief Nsefu

A 96-year-old woman of Senior Chief Nsefu in Mambwe district of Eastern Province of Zambia has been set ablaze by her three granddaughters over suspicion that she bewitched them not to find stable marriages with well to do husbands.

The incident occurred on Monday at Malama Village between 21 and 23 hours.

Among the suspects, two are two teenagers while the third one is a 29 year old lady, all granddaughters to Maria Nkhoma now the deceased.

The trio whilst acting together burned the 96 year-old woman to death by lightning curtains using the grass which they collected from the grass thatched kitchen which is seven metres away from the crime scene.

Confirming the development to Breeze FM News, Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer, Robertson Mweemba, identified the suspects as Tamara Mazyopa 29, female juvenile aged 18 and Beatrice Nyoni aged 19 years, all of Chipeni village.

Mr. Mweemba said that investigations revealed that the murder was initiated by Tamara Mazyopa the eldest.

After setting the deceased on fire in her three bedroom house, the trio locked the door so that she does not have any chance to survive.

The Police Commanding Officer stated that the body has been deposited at Mambwe district hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.

The trio has since been arrested.