A 29-year old security guard of a named Security firm in Luanshya District on the Copperbelt province has been brutally murdered by criminals while his colleague is battling for his life at Thomson Mission hospital.
Luanshya District Police Commanding Officer Hardson Namachila confirmed the incidence in a telephone interview with ZANIS in Lusaka.
Mr. Namachila identified the deceased as Eble Kagtunga of Mikonfya Township in Luanshya while his colleague has been identified as Peleke Kasamwa.
He said the incident happened at about 01-00 hours when the deceased was manning one of the shops at the Second Class Trading area in Luanshya town.
Mr. Namachila said police has since launched a man hunt for the assailants and appealed to members of the public to help with information to arrest the suspects.
And in a another development, a 38 year old man of Buntungwa Over-spill in Luanshya escaped death after the mob justice wanted to set him ablaze for ‘crash landing’.
The Police Chief named the victim as Levy Mofya who was found lying naked at somebody’s yard at about 04-00hours yesterday night.
He said Mofya was only rescued by Police Officers who rushed to the scene after receiving information from the public that a suspected wizard had crash landed.
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Anyone got statistics for murders in Zambia? Is it increasing or reducing?
Bandits kills. Yashani=))
Crash landed?
This can only be serious in Zambia.
This will make some weird British tabloid news story for Sunday.
he he he
The police have recovered so many guns yet none have been traced back to the corrupt sellers.
So many Ak’s yet none happen to be GRZ property.
Very strange.
In zed i think stories of murder make headlines, imagine if all the murders in say new york made the papers….hhmm wud there be space for them.Previously it was relatively difficult access these reports and now with ‘improving’ ways of obtaining information. So it’s difficult to judge whether or not crime has increased in zed.I think criminals have just become more daring times are tough
I cannot be surprised,Luanshya, too much poverty there! The Chinese investors should quickly engage the people into employment, this will stop some of these unwanted social vices. I visited Luanshya about two years ago, the situation is pathetic, I do not have words to describe it!