By CHILA NAMAIKO –

FOUR people that were shot and wounded at a funeral in Pemba, have been discharged from Monze Mission Hospital, District Commissioner Reginald Mugoba has said.
The four were among the five who survived an attack by a gunman who shot dead three other people.
The gunman went on rampage shooting the three at a funeral house in Chief Hamaundu’s area in Pemba.
Among those shot dead was a man suspected to have bewitched a villager who died on Saturday around 20:00 hours.
Amon Mweene, 79, of Mweene Village was shot in the head at the funeral house.
The other victim, Wendy Senanga, 45, of Nabuzoka Village from the same chiefdom, who was carrying a child on her back, was hit by stray pellets while serving food to the mourners.
Ms Senanga sustained wounds on her chin and left ribs. She died on the spot together with her child, Twaambo Sikwale, aged six months.
The incident happened when scores of villagers had gathered to mourn a youth who was taken to Monze Mission Hospital on Saturday morning after an illness, but later died the same day.
“Four mourners were discharged yesterday (Monday) only a female Miyoba Hamaimbo is still admitted but she is in a stable condition and nurses removed the pellets from her body,” he said.
Ms Hamaimbo was expected to be discharged from the hospital today.
Mr Mugoba and his Monze counterpart, Biggie Mwiinde, visited the patients at the hospital on Monday and were happy that health personnel managed to remove the pellets from the victims.
Southern Province Police Chief Mary Chikwanda said police had not made any arrests but had launched a man hunt for the assailants.