More than 275 people have been arrested across Malawi during two days of rioting that killed 18 people, in the deadliest protests since the beginning of democracy in 1994.
About 200 were arrested for looting in the capital Lilongwe, the epicentre of the riots.
Another 45 were arrested in the former colonial capital Zomba, and 30 in the commercial hub Blantyre, Chingwalu said.
The killings have raised global condemnation, with rights groups calling for a full investigation into the deaths.
Church leaders and activists in the northern town of Mzuzu were preparing to bury of some of the people who died in the protests later today.
