Lilongwe Police have revealed the shocking scale of a deadly crime wave targeting motorcycle taxi operators, confirming that seven riders were murdered by criminals across the district in just the past week alone — with three bodies still lying unidentified in a hospital mortuary. The chilling revelation has sent shockwaves through the city’s Kabaza motorcycle taxi community, with police confirming the unidentified bodies are being held at Kamuzu Central Hospital as they desperately search for relatives to come forward and identify their loved ones. Lilongwe Police spokesperson Inspector Hastings Chigalu confirmed the disturbing pattern behind the killings, revealing that criminals have been posing as ordinary passengers to lure unsuspecting motorcycle taxi drivers into isolated locations, before robbing and brutally murdering them. In a desperate bid to curb the alarming surge in violence, police have now imposed strict new operating hours, banning motorcycle taxi operators from working past 8pm — a measure designed to reduce riders’ exposure to criminals exploiting the cover of darkness. The crackdown comes as authorities scramble to restore confidence within Lilongwe’s motorcycle taxi industry, an increasingly popular but now dangerously exposed mode of transport that thousands of Malawians rely on daily.