There are ugly scenes in Mzuzu metropolis as police are firing teargas on the town and residential areas try to disperse rioting residents protesting towards the rise of commodity costs.
Currently, the enterprise is at standstill as retailers are closed for concern of the demonstrations could flip violent and lead to looting and property harm.
The riot broke out in Mzuzu regardless of distributors postponement of their deliberate demonstration after assembly state president Lazarus Chakwera final week within the metropolis.
There are experiences accompanied by footage and movies of residents and college students fleeing to security following random throw of teargas by antiriot police. Many folks particularly college students have been rushed to hospital after inhaling the teargas smoke.
Rioters have broken Mobile Money kiosks alongside the roads of the central enterprise district of Mzuzu and the Malawi Defense Force have joined the police in intensifying safety because the state of affairs has gone out of hand.
Vendors within the metropolis of Zomba additionally held a peaceable march over the excessive value on most important commodities. Despite delivering the petition following a peaceable march, there are experiences of store looting at Chinamwali township and that police additionally fired teargas within the space.