Police in North-Western Province say they are still pursuing eight key suspects who remain on the run in connection with the murder of Eneless Kamutumbe, a businesswoman of Kisasa area in Kalumbila District.
Speaking during a recent media engagement in Solwezi District yesterday, North-Western Province Police Commissioner Brighton Siwale said investigations have progressed, with 19 people charged with murder among other cases out of more than 200 suspects arrested in March this year.
Mr Siwale said eight key suspects were reportedly on the run and investigations have continued, three months after the brutal murder of Ms Kamutumbe.
“We have made headways as police, we have some suspects appearing before the courts of law. About 19 suspects charged with murder, I can’t mention the exact number of suspects charged with malicious damage of property and riotous behavior we also have a good number appearing before the Magistrate court.
He however said eight key suspects were on the run and police were actively pursuing them.
Mr Siwale appealed to the suspects to surrender themselves to the police before they were apprehended.
“My appeal to them and their relatives around is to encourage them to return home so they answer to the charges rather than wasting government’s time and resources in pursing them. We have reports that some have actually abandoned their families,” he said
In March this year, a mob brutally killed a 46-year-old Helen Kamutumbe in Kisasa area following allegations by Prince Ntambo, aged 25, that the deceased had caused the disappearance of his private parts after allegedly coming into physical contact with him at a local market.
The incident attracted national attention and led to the arrest of more than 200 people as police launched investigations into the matter.
