Unidentified armed men on Sunday stormed Shinde Stadium in Mufulira and robbed Super League side Mufulira Wanderers of more than K180,000 in gate takings shortly after their league match against Nchanga Rangers.
Wanderers had earlier suffered a 1–0 defeat to Rangers, coached by George Lwandamina, but the situation worsened about an hour later when armed robbers attacked club officials.
In a statement, club president George Katongo confirmed that the incident occurred around 18:00 hours.
“Armed robbers held members of staff at gunpoint and made away with cash amounting to K181,000, which had been realised from gate takings,” Katongo said.
He added that the assailants also hijacked a Toyota Harrier, registration number AIF 4314, belonging to the club’s Logistics Manager, Patrick Mwanza. The vehicle was reportedly meant to transport the cash to Mopani Security for safekeeping.
Katongo said the suspects fired gunshots to disperse people in the area before fleeing the scene.
Police were immediately notified and launched a manhunt. The hijacked vehicle was later recovered after being abandoned, but the suspects escaped with the stolen money.
Authorities are continuing investigations in an effort to apprehend those responsible.
it just had to be MUFULIRA ! God Bless Muff !
Mighty, stop sleeping. You are one of the oldest clubs in Zed so you should know how to handle cash. You’ve been doing this for 70 years. You should know not to be careless.
I hope now the Zambia Police can show us that they can handle criminals. Not just chasing ruling party political opponents
Is K180,000 all the takings from one match? Patson Daka gets 100 times that for one match