The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has arrested 8 people in connection with the criminal activities that took place in the aftermath of the 20th June nation wide demonstrations.
The national police headquarters spokesperson Senior Supritendent James Kadadzera has confirmed the arrests.
“Indeed the police has made 8 arrests so far in connection with criminal activities that took place on the 20th June when some individuals took advantage of the demonstrations only to be breaking shops and took away other people’s property.
“This is an in going process because we’re still getting clues leading to the arrest of these people suspected to have taken part in the routing, and they shall soon be taken to court so that the law should take it’s course,” Kadadzera said.
Six of the arrests have been effected in Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe while the other two have been Nabbed in the northern region’s commercial capital center, Mzuzu.
Malawians took to the street demanding an immediate resignation of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chaiperson, Jane Ansah for what the say were serious irregularities that murred the results of the May 21st presidential election.
Meanwhile some criminal activities such as house breaking and routing are still being reported in some parts of the country mainly in the Central region which is the stronghold of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
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