Police in Choma have shot dead a 32 year old man of Kamunza compound while wounding the other during the Police Patrol exercise conducted around the early hours of today.
The dual met their fate during their year- end celebrations at a local bottle store as they hoped to welcome the New Year with joy and splendour.
Southern province Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga who confirmed the incidence to ZANIS in Choma today identified the deceased as Claris Muleya 32 of Kamunza compound and the wounded as Lwendo Mutukula also 32 of the same area.
Ms Katanga said the incident which occurred at Vinthu Mufumbenge bottle store this Morning involved a Police officer identified as Paul Nabuzoka 21, a constable by rank who was been driven by a fellow Police officer in a blue Toyota land Cruiser registration number ZP225B.
“I wish to confirm the shooting incident involving the police which occurred in the early hours of today first January 2014 in Kamunza Compound in Choma district. Details of the matter are that Claris Muleya 32 of Kamunza compound was shot on the leg around 01:00 hours near a named bottle store and later died.
The Police received the report from members of the public this morning and rushed to the scene where the body of the deceased was picked and is currently lying in Choma general Hospital Mortuary”, she said.
Ms Katanga noted that Lwendo Mutukula who was shot on the left arm was currently admitted to Choma general hospital and his condition was stable.
She said Constable Paul Nabuzoka who had been involved in the shooting had since been detained at Choma Police station and charged with murder to help Police with further investigations.
Ms Katanga described the occurrence as unfortunate stating that the Police were expected to work professionally at all times.
Ms Katanga charged that no one was above the law and that the law would take its course on the matter to ensure that the culprit was brought to book whose action resulted into loss of life.
“As Police we are mandated to protect the members of the public, people should find safety around the Police, it is indeed unfortunate that this has happened especially now that people are celebrating the New Year,” she said.
She said Police had recorded various statements from the members of the public and should the Police officer be found wanting the Police would ensure that he faces the wrath of the law.
Meanwhile Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe who visited the wounded victim Lwendo Mutukula at his hospital bed this morning said government was not happy with the action taken by the Police officer.
Mr Mukombwe said the shooting incidence was unfortunate and called on the Police to quickly establish the cause of the incident.
“I deeply regret the shooting of the two people that have happened on New Year’s Day when people are celebrating. It is gives the district and the province in particular a sad way of starting the new year. This shooting regardless of who has done it is uncalled for and especially that it has been committed by the Police it is highly regrettable,” he said.
And Mr Mutukula, a surviving shooting victim who struggled to speak on his hospital bed told the Mr Munkombwe that he was shot on the door step of his house when he tried to respond to a knock by the Police officer whom he thought was his wife.
“I went home from a drinking spree after midnight and found my wife away from home, after some time I heard a Knock from the door and I woke up to open thinking it was my wife only to receive a gun shot on my left arm and I fell on the floor”, he narrated.
The Minister however sent his message of condolences to the affected families as he called for peace and unity during this difficult time.
Speaking earlier Patriotic Front Kamunza ward Chairperson Allan Chembe said the people of Kamunza Compound want justice to prevail.
Mr Chembe said Kamunza compound was a peaceful community that does not warrant hush treatment from the Police.
“How does the Police follow people in their drinking places, in their homes and claim their lives. The victims did not commit any offence to merit death or wounds, as PF ward Chairperson I will work hard to ensure that the victims who are my subjects get justice on the matter. The Police who are mandated to protect us the citizens, how do they begin to kill us for nothing. The people of Kamunza compound want nothing less than that the law should take its course for justice to be done,” he said
Mr Chembe said it would have been better for the Police to arrest the victims had they been found wanting than to target at their lives.
He said the deceased was a family head who has left behind many dependants who were looking up to him for their survival.
The deceased who died after heavy bleeding from a gunshot sustained injury on his left leg was survived by a wife and four children.
However, Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga said despite the shooting incidence the general situation in the province during the eve celebrations was relatively quiet except for Livingstone where Police officers apprehended 69 people between the ages of 16 to 45 years with cases ranging from idle and disorder likely to cause a breach of peace and assault.
How do the police rush to the scene when they were present already for them to be able to murder someone
I think the Police would have the right reason to have shot the people
I trust the police
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Its tribalism!! constable Nabuzoka is bisa/mwachusa from mpika`s family forest, deployed in choma to monitor tongas
And Sadily, tongas who are sheeps in nature are not used to insults, fighting and wars,, couldnot react save a life, very sad, they let the poor guy bleed to death
Very sad development indeed. Typical PF police, they target innocent people instead of criminals.
The shooter is a frustrated fellow struggling to make ends meet due price increases induced the PF ‘s stupidity.
UPND and HH are the only solution to this PF madness.
Since time in memorial of Constable Nawa, police has been killing people in Choma. It is not quite strangle.
Shame on the police.
Im sure it had somethiing to do with either Manchester United or the Catholic church.
JUST SOME OBSERVATIONS:
1. I imagine a more sensible picture beng one where the patient(Mutukula) is standing looking over a sickly Munkombwe lying in bed.
2. Looking at those hospital beddings makes me wonder what the ones in prison look like!
3. Does Munkombwe have a wig which he wears when meeting Sata?
What a shame and unprofessional work by some police.
I think police men and women should cease to be armed but
Only the flying squad are the ones to me armed for simple reason. With the flying quard they can kill but for those who are not in the flying squard the case is different..
I dont see the need for govt to resurrect Indeco.
The obvious implication is that govt seeks to go back into business big time instead leaving the private sector to do business.
FRA is the Namboard incarnate and RDA and NRFA is the Roads Department incarnate.
If govt saw that existing policies are not growth oriented it should have developed an Industrial Development policy and not setting uo another parastatal corporation.
you just woke up with your new year’s hang over and went direct to your computer or phone and started writing what you read before geting drunk without reading the above headline.
so sad in this day and age that someone can day from a gunshot wound in a leg due to hemorrhage with other people watching helplessly. Surely at least one, only one person in the crowd should have had some knowledge of basic life support as in simply stopping the hemorrhage. Or better still, the killer cop should have availed this first aid. Do you mean to tell me that these excuses of policemen are given killing weapons without being given any basic safety and life support skills?
Uyu mwaice acitile ifi alishama elo kapwile isukulu lyabukapokalo sure kaya cita ica musango uyu.
Ndombo whatever you call you self just comment don’t be tribe you don’t know that tribe race is what satan uses to divide people and politician uses in their home village to f00l people its shameful to indentfy people looking like you by tribe hate does not make anyone big but small it’s shameful to talk about tribe when you are in a country where you condem people who gives you bananas.
What incompetence is this by the police that these days they go around killing innocent citizens with impunity.In other Countries where the rule of law reigns supreme,the officers responsible should have been behind bars by now.Some Zambian police officers can shoot at you for other grudges they have with you and later claim that it was a stray bullet that killed you because they know that they wont be punished.Its sad indeed.Let our able government sort out those trigger happy cops and lock them away.
Wanzelu n Ndobo needs psychiatric assessment. These chaps need help. They eat, sleep, walk PF. Anything that happens, they link it to PF. Yaba!! Therere drugs gentlemen that van help you.
@Albert Chinyama,
Between you and me, the people know that the one who needs psychiatric treatment is you.
Let me just give two shocking incidents that your mad PF has over looked up to now.Remember the death of a Chanda, in Livingstone during the bye election campaigns? Remember the boy hacked by PF panga fighters in Lusaka recently? Up to now your PF has not arrested any one for these incidents and yet they know the criminals who committed the offences. If you can’t remember these incidents and can’t see any thing wrong with PF, surely you don’t only need psychiatric treatment but you need to be sectioned under the mental health act because you are a danger to society.
Any way its no surprise ,that all of in PF are mad,starting with your leader Sata.
2016 you will be taught…
Thoe being a very sad note to start such a precious year I still think this whole story is incomplete……how can a police man jx knock at the door and shoot this man???? We need an adequate report coz I think these guys did somthng
Another Darfur in the making? Hope it’s not the Muchinga Janjaweed now on rampage in the historically peaceful South!
When the i.d.i.o.t.s are not squeezing bribes, they are busy killing people. I feel like shooting corrupt cop in vengeance. This is unacceptable. The tribe of the criminal shud nt be an issue. Nabuzoka is not Bisa but Tonga.
The police in Zambia do not go through proper training hence such cases every now and then. It is high time the police service stopped recruiting the grade twelves or at least train them properly before they are deployed. What can one really learn in six months. Police work must involve more than just handling guns!
Since Police on patrol are always armed to the teeth as in a war zone, this is expected. I lived in a developed country at one time and in all the 10 months I was in that city, I never saw a soldier in uniform and only saw armed police on TV at scenes of crime. The heard of State’s so-called bodyguard is in civilian clothes and you can hardly distinguish him/her from the rest of the entourage. That is civilisation. The police do not go out hunting “game” as you see in African cities.
Civilisation!! civilisation!!, we know you are with us but why are you hiding? Civilisation replies, “I am afraid of showing my face lest the leaders command the police to shoot me on sight”.
Typical black self hatred where we place less value on life.I’m sure if this was a person of other race the ZP would be much less inclined to shoot to kill.
Sad situation! RIP….but why are most police women in Zambia single?
they are in majority.
Which man will marry a woman who might be on night duty all the time or being transfered often? Marriage requires stability & predictability.
His excellence MCS declared 7 guns as his assets. Are these the guns the police are using to gun down innocent citizens in Choma ? Imwe abena Choma, cenjeleni, ulubuli olu nalwima pantu you shall just be slaughtered like chickens without any cause. I feel deeply touched with the unbecoming behaviour of the so called ”Zambia Police” who have proved to be so useless to the peace of the country.
RIP My Brother. God will judge harshly those who mistreat others. Check TB Joshua’s Christmas message.
There was no malice to kill the bugger but to constrain him now because he had aids at its highest point,he died,mulatumpa sana bafikala limolimo,why not stay home with your wife and children and enjoy the new year? but waya namaule out,very good reward,l know you!
Danny means a clear police reaction to this unfortunate incident
I think there is something wrong with the headline…in relation to the story…please editor clarify
The dullest bloga on this site is mushindo wobe mushota.
Ndobo even if you are so dull the name of the constable is not By any means Bemba. Possibly Ndobo did not mention the Bemba based on tribalism but had a vivid dream of Bembas constant being on his mind such that it has become a on going struggle to come to terms with Bembas becoming perpetual threat in his struggle to understand the Bemba values and traditionals. The explanation in psychiatry is people like Ndobo attach their delusional believes or people they fear as a struggle to bear with. Anything will be based on the subject even when the subject is not connected to the issue at hand.
The I.G must resign immediately.
Minister of Health,do you call that an ICU or IPU(Intensive Prison Care)look at the beds,the linen and the general state of the ward.Yet we can afford to hold bye elections every 3 months.At what cost?