Police in Mzimba have launched a manhunt for unknown suspects who have assaulted to death 37-year-old Louis Munyenyembe, who was a Senior Forest Assistant at Mzimba District Forest Office.z

Mzimba police station spokesperson Peter Botha said preliminary investigations show that Munyenyembe went to St. Francis area in the early hours of Monday to enforce the law on charcoal traffickers and he was alone.

Botha said it is alleged that the charcoal traffickers assaulted him.

“Munyenyembe was found by passersby at Kaphuta Bridge along the Kaphuta – Chimkusa- path lying unconscious,” he said.

“Police officers rushed Munyenyembe to Mzimba District Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.”

Postmortem results revealed that Munyenyembe died due to loss of blood secondary to the cut in the head.

He hailed from Mahowe Village in Traditional Authority Nthalire in Chitipa District.