source: Malawi24; Malawi Times; Face of Malawi
actor1: Rioters (Malawi)
actor2: Civilians (Malawi)
location: Mbuta
notes: On 9 August 2020, a group of villagers pelted stones at a man in Mbuta (TA Msakambera, Dowa), accusing the man of having bewitched and killed another person in 2017. The man fled to the police station. The group set his as well as the houses of his relatives on fire, also looting items. [size=no report]