A British guest house owner has been found dead near his home in Malawi, according to reports.
Alan Fay, 57, suffered deep cuts to his head and face and is believed to have been suffocated with a plastic bag.
He was found dead in the early hours of Thursday morning, around 100 metres from the Lake View Resort.
Malawi Police in Mzuzu have arrested a manager at the resort for questioning.
Peter Kalaya, Northern Region police spokesperson told The Maravi Post that Mr Fay left the resort at around 8pm on Wednesday to escort the manager home on foot.
Kalaya said that Mr Fay's wife Tina Kamanga became worried when he didn't return home and formed a search party other staff and started looking for him.
Mr Fay was found less than 12 hours later in a bush not far up the road.
“The assailants also went away with his two mobile phones. Fay’s body has since been taken to Mzuzu Central Hospital where a postmortem is expected to be done," Kalaya added.
Police have advised people in the area to not walk around alone and have appealed to anyone with information about the killing to come forward.
