Police conduct an investigation to discover those involved raping and killing a teacher in a primary school

A primary school teacher Swaumu Jumanne Chedi (34), has been raped and killed by  unindentified people on Wednesday. Reasons of doing so are unknown. Chedi was a teacher at Sabasaba Primary School in Masasi, Mtwara Region.

Reports from the scene say  her legs and arms were tied with  ropes.

Confirming the incident, Mkuti Ward executive officer Maxmillian Makotha, said the incident happened on Wednesday night in Mkuti Street near Mkuti Primary School football pitch.

Mr Makotha said the information on the death of Chedi was broken at her school around 6.30 pm when pupils who were playing football informed their teachers after seeing the body of the teacher lying on the ground.

Teachers, upon receiving information from pupils and seeing the body they reported the matter to Masasi Police Post.

Police are yet to establish the reason(s) behind the crime.

According to the executive, there has been several cases of women being raped and killed in the ward.

He said Wednesday’s incident was the third this  year.

Mr Makotha called an emergency meeting with all stakeholders and police officers to devise a mechanism of ending the crime.

A Mkuti resident who spoke to this paper confirmed that there had been a number of women kidnappings, rape and killings by unidentified people.

District police officers said reasons behind the killings were unknown and investigations were continuing.

No suspect has been arrested in connection with the incidents.