18-year-old Mwata Yowa of Sekondi village in Samfya district has been stabbed to death by Musaba, aged 17, for allegedly failing to pay for Michopo (meat snack) worth K5.
According to the eyewitness, onlookers offered to pay the bearer on behalf of the now deceased before the fight ensued, but he denied the money unless it came from Mwata’s pocket.
Musaba stabbed Mwata through the neck, leaving him bleeding through the mouth and nose.
By Kalombe Kapambwe