148:. After noticing fresh footprints and a camp with a billowing fire in the distance, Corporal Shapela and the villagers spotted out Mika and Stephano at the campsite. After confirming that the two were a part of the most-wanted trio in the country, the Zambian Army opened fire on the campsite, killing all three of the brothers. Tunda was the last of the brothers to die after sprinting at an officer despite being wounded in the leg, and was subsequently gunned down and killed. His final words were allegedly “Mwatushitisha” (“You have sold us out”), which was aimed towards the villagers for directing the army towards their hideout.
62:, the three abruptly embarked on a 6-year-long murder spree for reasons that are still unknown. At the time of their deaths, Mika was 35 years old, Fabian was 31, and Stephano was 27, placing their dates of birth between 1978 and 1986. The trio had another brother, Nelson, who was the sole surviving son of Janet in the aftermath of the murders. According to Janet, the brothers' first violent altercation was against their own brother, Nelson, who was beaten by the brothers.
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Before the beginning of the murder spree, Tunda had married a woman, Eredina
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Commissioner Patrick Chishala publicly addressed the nation asking them to accept the remaining Mailoni family members, pleading to “accept the mother and family members because they could not be punished for crimes they did not commit considering those involved in the acts were no more”.
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In 2018, a research headed by Alice
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According to their mother, the brothers’ first victim was a man only identified as “Mr. Mwelwa”, who was stabbed to death after attempting to mobilize the villagers and apprehend the brothers when they started to pose as a threat to others.
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After the deaths and burials of three of her four sons, Janet, along with Nelson, remained in
Kawasaki Village until Kabwe lawyer Millio Kabesha and his wife Rachael gifted a brand-new house to Janet and Nelson.
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Mailoni brothers, first by village chief Ngosa Chibale (whom the brothers had once attempted to kill), and later by Central Province Police Chief Standwell Lungu.
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What led us to unleash a bloody death was when we first shot, something mysterious started happening, they started changing into something else like wild animals but we just got courage and shot continuously.
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Yes, I can confirm that the
Mailoni brothers are no more. We have positively identified the bodies, they are in Kabwe General Mortuary. I’m just leaving the mortuary now as we are speaking.
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Terrorizing the Mkushi-Serenje area of Luano Valley, the brothers’ victim count rose over the years to the point where their mother was forced to flee to
Kawasaki Village (just outside of
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