Monze Mission Hospital Police Post under Monze Police Station received a report of a suspected self-harm incident in which Caroline Siteketa aged 32, of Mainza Chona Compound, Chief Moonze, Monze district reported that she found her husband Mr. Mumba Leroy aged 32, also a ZNS Captain based at Monze Milling Plant lying on the bed in the spare bedroom in a pool of blood in an unconscious state with a deep cut on the neck. This occurred between 17/02/2025 at 17:00 hours and 18/02/2025 around 11:30 hours at Mainza Chona Compound in Monze district.
Brief facts of the matter are that on 17/02/2025 around 17:00 hours, the victim took his wife, who is a nurse, to Monze Mission Hospital where she was reporting for the night shift. He then went back home with their 3-year-old daughter. On 18/02/2025 around 07:18 hours, Caroline Siteketa called the husband to find out if he had taken their daughter to school, but he sounded sleepy. At 11:20 hours, she reached home after knocking off and found that the gate to their home was unlocked.
She went in and knocked on the kitchen door, which was opened by her 3-year-old daughter. When she entered the house, she discovered some blood prints on the kitchen floor. She also found some blood stains in the main bedroom, but her husband was nowhere to be seen. She also found the spare bedroom locked and it had blood stains on the door. After failing to open the door to the spare bedroom, she called her husband’s boss at ZNS, who came around 11:35 hours.
When the door was finally opened, they found the victim lying on the bed facing upwards in a pool of blood with a bath towel on his neck. Police officers rushed to the scene and confirmed to have found the victim with a deep cut on the neck, small cuts on both hands, and a military knife with blood stains was found on the bed. The victim was rushed to Monze Mission Hospital, where he is currently admitted and his condition is said to be critical.
Investigations into the matter are ongoing.
Issued by:
Mr. Auxensio Daka
(Commissioner of Police)
Commanding Officer – Southern Division
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