Three officers at Chipata Central police have been apprehended in connection with the murder of three suspects.
Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer Mary Chikwanda told journalists this morning that the officers have been detained to help with investigations leading to the shooting of the suspects who escaped police by jumping off a moving vehicle in Chadiza.
Ms Chikwanda explained that the officers would be charged after police have carried out an investigation on the intent of the shooting.
She stated that the incident occurred when the suspects were leading police to places where they were hiding caucuses of stolen cattle when they jumped off a moving vehicle.
Ms Chikwanda said the suspects did not stop when police fired warning shots, a move which forced the officers to gun down the suspects.
She stated that the suspects are reported to have been stealing cattle in various villages in Chipata and Chadiza districts and supplying the meat to butcheries at Kapata market in Chipata district.
In another event, police are investigating a matter in which a middle aged man was last Thursday found unconscious and later died in Chief Maguya’s area in Chipata district.
The man identified as David Mwamba, a teacher at Kabele Basic School was found lying on the road between Kabinga and Kalunga villages with multiple body injuries before he was rushed to Chipata general hospital where he later died.
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but why detain the officers when, assuming the story is accurate, where carrying out their duties within their mandate? Officers will now be scared to use initiative or use force when required because of consequences such as what these two officers have suffered
Shot the rascales, cattle rustllers and criminal them. ‘Kinda bombo’ using BB Code words.
Leave the policemen who got ride of these criminals
But what were the officers supposed to do under the given circumstances kanshi?wasn’t procedure followed?
useless , now cops will be scared to shoot . it cutting fo rth the thieves, cops arrested for shooting dead criminal s bull sh*&^t
And if they did not shoot,you will still arrest them for conspiring with the thieves hence their escape.Then this job of being a cop is tough.
you dont gun down an escaping suspect who is not armed. that was unprofessional conduct on he part of the police…how could an arrested suspect jump-off from a moving vehicle? where they handcufted? The law should make these lifeless frastrated corps charged with murder!
You dont discharge a firearm on an unarmed escaping suspect/fugitive.
Lesson1, you do not take the law into your own hands. If culprits escape let them go. You shoot if they attack you.
Someone please help me; what are ‘caucuses of stolen cattle’, kanshi? Ba LT, kaya mwandi!! Whatever happened to the job of editing.
Someone please help me; what are ‘caucuses of stolen cattle’, kanshi? Ba LT, kaya mwandi!! Whatever happened to the job of editing.