POLICE in Livingstone have arrested a former Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) employee for shooting dead a worker at his farm when he was trying to chase baboons from his maize field.
Southern Province police chief Lemmy Kajoba confirmed the incident in an interview in Livingstone yesterday.
He said the incident happened on Wednesday between 13:00 hours and 14:00 hours, when Raymond Simanga of farm number 2659 near Maramba River, went to his field on his usual routine to chase baboons that had been raiding his fields.
As he reached the field, he heard some noise in one direction where he shot two bullets with the aim of scaring away the baboons.
After that, he heard someone shouting and when he went to check, he found one of his workers who was only identified as Greenwell moaning in pain.
Mr Kajoba said the two bullets both hit Greenwell of Maramba Township.
He said the first bullet hit him on the right arm while the second one hit him on the pelvis which led to excessive bleeding.
Mr Kajoba said someone who heard the shots notified the police using a 991 toll free line and when the anti-robbery squad was sent to the farm, they found the victim bleeding excessively.
Greenwell was rushed to the hospital where he later died and the body is now lying in Batoka Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Mr Simanga was later arrested and is currently detained at Linda Police Station to help with investigations
In Kapiri Mposhi, police have launched a manhunt to track down a 42-year-old man who fled after having sex with his 19-year old daughter.
Central Province police chief Simon Mpande said in Kabwe yesterday that Gilbert Malambo of Mubana Village in Chief Chipepo’s area had carnal knowledge of his biological daughter on March 7 this year and ran away after people discovered what he had done to his daughter.
He said a Mr Kuswa Muteniwa, 49, of the same village reported Malambo to the police and when he heard about it, he bolted.
[Times of Zambia]
baboons, baboons no wonder i dont blame RB for hating these creatures more than he hates staying at home.Now they have led to human death.It is amazing first it was urinating on the head of our presido now this.I think this is too much:-?
Sad indeed, this farmer should face the wrath of the law. If really he meant scaring the monkeys shoud have shot in the air. He knew to say they were possibilities that even human beings could be found in the monkey situation. Ignorance has no defence please slap him with man slaughter.
Don`t bullets cost money? Who would want to scare away baboons using live bullets? Here is a scenario:
Fine on this occasion he succeeds in scaring them away, 30 minutes later the babbons return. He again uses two bullets, they run away.
After an hour they are back after all they are baboons. He does the same thing again and again. This man would be bankrupt within six months.
What a plonker he is! What a pathetic excuse!
Iam sure he used live bullets so as to also eat the meat but unfortunately the worker was doing it the common bemba way:Ubomba mwibalama alya mwibala aaaand he met his fate.
The baboon being refeered to are thieves..unfortunately his own worker was doing baboon activities
Did he mistook Greenwell for a baboon?