POLICE have detained a 38-year-old female teacher in Mazabuka after she allegedly assaulted her 11-year-old niece for strangling chickens. It is reported that the girl then ran away from home and was only found by a resident who took her to the police station. Southern Province Police Commanding Officer Auxensio Daka said on October 14, 2025, at 14:00 hours, Mazabuka Police Station received a report of assault on a child from a 30-year-old resident of Highlanders Compound, Mazabuka. “She reported on behalf of an 11-year-old female juvenile of Chilala Farm, Chief Hanjalika, Mazabuka District, who was allegedly assaulted by her aunt, aged 38, of the same abode, who is also a teacher at a named school in the same area....