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Young farmer kills colleague after failing to pay debt

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Police in Namwala district are holding a male farmer aged 22 years for allegedly shooting to death a colleague after a quarrel.

The suspect identified as Laston Himbai Malindo of Shupi village in Chief Muchila’s chiefdom is alleged to have shot and killed Allan Hambulo aged 25 years of Munangaundu village of Chief Muchila.

According to police sources in Namwala, the deceased is alleged to have been shot by Laston Himbai after he (suspect) borrowed some money from the deceased which he failed to pay back.

The misunderstanding arose when the deceased demanded his money which the suspect failed to pay, leading to a quarrel which resulted into a fight before the suspect shot and killed the deceased.

Police sources told ZANIS that the suspected killer upon realizing the incident buried the deceased in the bush in Itapa area of Chief Muchila.

The gruesome act occurred between 26 -27 November 2013. The suspect who is police custody took the police to the scene where he buried Hambulo.

And Southern Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga confirmed receiving a report from Namwala police over the murder case.

Mrs Katanga told ZANIS Namwala in a telephone interview that a pathologist will soon be sent to Namwala to exhume the body and post mortem.

By press time Namwala Police were awaiting for a pathologist to exhume the body for post mortem, identification and burial.

ZANIS

21 COMMENTS

    • Not really, borrow money from the UK government and dont pay back

      MHRIP but I dont understand why black men borrow when they cant pay, it is theft which is what a black man is born with, little sympathy here for me

      But I feel for his family

    • Mushota, you clearly don’t feel anything for the family. If you have no sympathy for someone killed simply for trying to get his money back, then I wonder what kind of person you are. I hope you are not just intentionally being insensitive. You must be so cold hearted. I feel for your man.

    • This Mushota girl despite rubbing shoulders with bazungu in her UK doesn’t understand chizungu. According to her the dead man deserves it. But going by what I have read above the man in police custody (the killer) is the one who failed to pay his kongole hence killing his colleague (the lender).

    • Very true. One was short dead and buried and the other one is facing murder case and both wont rule Zambia except those who can kill and steal the body from the hospital and the doctor say natural causes.
      Keep on mwana

  1. What’s wrong with these tongas? From having sex with chickens,goats and dogs now they are killing each other.HH should do something about it.

  2. You should have gauged your comment before posting, anyway it reflects your emptiness in the head. You are a numskull.

  3. Has Fred Mmembe got shares in Lusaka Times? Stories of late in LT look very alike those found in the post- regional.

    • THE REGION IS JUST WROTEN. KILLINGS EVERY DAY AND U WANT MEMBE TO KEEP QUITE. BLAME YOUR RELATIVES. JUST TODAY ANOTHER TONGA HAS KILLED HIS DOTA AFTER MOLESTING HER. ATAAAA!!

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