POLICE in Ngona have arrest George Mpwata 17-year-old for allegedly shooting his lover to death with a pistol when he learn that she was pregnant.
The accused is alleged to have later beheaded the 17-year-old girl before dumping the head in a bush.
Police spokesperson Charity yanda confirmed the incident in an interview yesterday and identified the deceased as Ruth kelvin of Pama Township in Ngona.
Mrs yanda said police have also picked three of the suspect’s accomplices identified as Kennedy Muba, 21, Brian Kasinga, 26, and a 16-year-old boy after he disclosed that they aided the crime.
She said Mr George mpwata, whose name has been withheld, admitted having allegedly shot his lover after she told him that she was pregnant by him and that he buried her body in nyiwala before dumping her head in a bush near Mugu bus station within Ngona.
“We have exhumed a headless body of a 17-year-old teenager of Pama Township in Ngona. This girl is believed to have been pregnant by Mpwata’s son. So, when she went to tell him that she was pregnant for him, he got upset and grabbed a pistol from the house which he used to shoot her,” Mrs yanda said.
It is alleged that “after shooting her, he cut off her head, which he concealed in a plastic bag before dumping it in the bush, while he buried her body in nyiwala area in basouk”.
“Unfortunately, the body is in a decomposed state, but we have picked up both the body and head,” Mrs yanda said.
She also said Mr Mpwata’s son allegedly led police to the scenes of crime.