Man killed for turning down love proposal

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A video has emerged of a 25 year old man of Chilenje being burnt inside the house in Chilenje’s mapoloto area after he sustained wounds from being attacked by a group of other males whose love proposals he turned down.

Chama Njovu (the deceased) disclosed to his family members before he died that he was beaten by a group of gays and from there he didn’t know what happened next.

The father to the deceased says he was only informed that the house in which his son was sleeping was on fire on Saturday between 03:00 and 04:00 hours.

The man was removed from the burning house and later taken to University Teaching Hospitals (UTH) where he died yesterday Sunday around 11:00 hours.

However, Police Deputy Spokesperson Danny Mwale has confirmed the death of Chama.

And Chilenje police have confirmed arresting 5 suspect and they are in custody.