Pawpaw fruit kills Itezhi tezhi woman
Published On November 7, 2014 » 3188 Views» By Davies M.M Chanda » Latest News
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PawpawBY SYLVIA MWEETWA –
AN 86-year-old woman in Itezhi tezhi District of the Central Province has died after a paw-paw fell on her head.
The incident which happened in Lilanda Township when the deceased identified as Kalumbu Mundunga who was sitting under a pawpaw tree died instantly after a pawpaw fell on her head.
Central Province Police chief Standwell Lungu confirmed the incident yesterday which happened on Thursday around 09:45 hours.
Mr Lungu said the death of the woman was reported by her grandson Cephas Kambeu.
A postmortem would be conducted to establish cause of death.
Meanwhile, investigations into the burning to death of an 80-year-old woman in Itezhi tezhi have continued.
The woman was in the  early hours of Monday morning burnt to death after unknown people set her house  ablaze after tying the door to her house with wires.
Esily Mulilo of Lazo Village was burnt beyond recognition by unknown people in an incident which happened around 02:30 hours on Monday.
Mr Lungu said investigations have been instituted to bring the culprits to book but police suspect  that the deceased could have been suspected of practicing witchcraft.

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