Armed bandits wound Sinazongwe man

Armed bandits have wounded a 30 year old business man and got away with his K13 million in Sinazongwe district in Southern province.

Hitran Siampeyo of Sinamalima area said from his Hospital bed in Maamba that six armed men stormed into his house at 24 hours yesterday and demanded to be given K46 million or be killed.

Mr. Siampeyo said he only managed to give them a K13 million and they also got away with his light truck vehicle registration number ABR 2733 which they later abandoned in Sinazeze area.

The Victim says while he was struggling to grab a gun from one of the robber the others hit him in the head and legs with an iron bar.

He sustained injuries on his head, a deep cut on his left leg, and failed to identify any of the robbers as they were putting on masks.

Maamba Hospital Superintendent Dr Chimika Phiri confirmed the incident adding that he would have to examine the victim before issuing a statement on the extent of the injury.

Sinazongwe police officers says they have launched a man hunt for six bandits who are believed to be from Sinazongwe or Batoka area.

The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) in Sinazongwe has appealed to police in the district to intensify patrols and urged people in the community to report any suspicious people to the law enforcement officers.

Sinazongwe district MMD secretary Jeff Kayamba appealed to the business men to be taking their money to the bank rather than keeping it at home where bandits could take advantage of them.

On 25 January this year A 25 year-old woman survived gun shot wounds after three bandits stormed her home and store K13.5 million

Linar Mapeyo said the three gunmen who wore the mask beat up her husband Winter Mapeyo aged 33 and shot in the air.

She said in the process the bullet hit her in the left hand but she could not realize it until the bandits had left the scene of robbery.