An 83 YEAR old man of Chinkumba Village in Shiwang`andu district of Muchinga Province has been beaten to death by his relatives on allegations of practicing witchcraft.
And in a related incident, a 70 year old woman of Mukama Village in Chief Waitwika`s area in Nakonde district of Muchinga
Province has died after being hit by a moving vehicle.
The first incident happened on Monday around 15:09hrs at the earlier named Village.
ZANIS reports that in an interview in Chinsali , today, Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Godwin Phiri confirmed the incident adding that Benson Mwansa the deceased was beaten to death by four of his relatives at his place of residence for unknown reasons.
The deceased sustained broken jaws, teeth and other body injuries.
The Police Commissioner said three suspects namely Justin Chibuye 27, Joseph Chibuye 23 and Marry Mwaba 52
all of the same Village.
Meanwhile, the body of Mwansa is currently laying at Chinsali district hospital mortuary awaiting burial processions.
And in a related incident, a 70 year old woman of Mukama Village in Chief Waitwika`s area in Nakonde district of Muchinga
Province has died after being hit by a moving vehicle.
Mr. Phiri when contacted confirmed the accident to Zambia News and Information Services ZANIS in Muchinga Province.
He said that the accident occurred on Monday along the Great North road around 07:15 hrs when the old lady Rosaria Mwape a pedestrian was trying to cross the road before she got knocked down by a speeding Toyota Spacio registration number ACP 9125 which was being driven by Happy Siwakwi a resident of Muli Village in Nakonde district.
The police chief said the deceased Mwape who sustained a fractured right leg, deep cuts on the right hand and on the head with multiple bruises on the face was rushed to Wulongo Hospital in Nakonde district and died there.
Mr. Phiri said Mwape`s body is currently laying at Wulongo hospital mortuary awaiting post-mortem while driver of the vehicle is on the run and Police has since launched a man hunt.
The Police Commissioner has advised drivers in the Province to act responsible on the road with due care for other road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and their fellow drivers.
“And in a related incident, a 70 year old woman of Mukama Village in Chief Waitwika`s area in Nakonde district of Muchinga Province has died after being hit by a moving vehicle”.
Kindly explain how the two incidents are related.
The LT circus never ceases to entertain. And it is as if a stationary vehicle can hit someone; I wonder what the idea of ‘moving vehicle’ was in aid of. Well said @mwansa original.
As the levels of knowledge diminish the incidents of outmoded superstition will increase on the poor, unpaid pensioners in our country. Even fo.ols who amounted to nothing tend to find their aged compatriots responsible for their lot! Now with the Ministry of National Guidance and whatever affairs gathering pace expect some bizarre interventions in the short to medium term.
By the way that new ministry is as ridiculous as reflector stickers on cars in the 21st Century.
And in a related case a white man on the copperbelt has refused to hold the funeral of his wife of over twenty years at their matrimonial house. The funeral is being held at a relative ‘s home in some shanty compound. They have adult children together.