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Maamba Residents Riot Over Suspected Ritual Killing, Burn Police Houses
Heavy rioting has broken out in Maamba district of Southern province over a suspected ritual murder. A police officer’s house has so far been set ablaze.
Residents also want to burn down the police station as they seek to met mob justice on a suspected ritual killer who has sought refugee at the police station.
About three weeks ago, a local woman was killed by suspected ritual killers. Her body was discovered two days ago in manhole near the stadium in Maamba.
Police picked up suspects but later released.
But today being the day of burial, residents have run amok, blocked the only entry/exit to and from Maamba.
They say that the night the lady was killed, she actually ran to the police seeking their protection but they just brushed her aside thinking that it was a tangle from one of her daily clients. The woman is said to have been suspected sex worker.
As she walked away from the police station, she met her fate.
According to a resident in Maamba, residents have burned down the house of police officer who was on duty that day. The angry residents followed the suspect to his house and broke it down looking for him.
The suspect, only identified as Davy, a local bus operator, managed to escape from the angry mob and ran to the police where the residents followed him.
An eye witness in Maamba says the police seem to be overwhelmed
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on October 2, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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AZIONONGELA KABIMBA
October 2, 2013 at 11:24 am
bikenipo story ileunfwika muletwishika.
medication
October 2, 2013 at 11:24 am
SAD DEVELOPMENT INDEED . I BLAME THE POLICE FOR THIS FAILING TO SECURE THE LIFE OF THE LADY AFTER SHE RAN TO THE POLICE FOR HELP.
Stophilla Himoonde
October 2, 2013 at 11:25 am
Since PF came to power its Ritual Murders (Ruth Mbandu,Taxi Drivers, General Public), Road Accidents, Suicides, People burnt in their houses,Drowning etc. Its all disaster!
19 pendefikondo
October 2, 2013 at 12:31 pm
These things have been happening as long as i can remember. Only now they are reported and exposed unlike the past years when they where discussed in private.
Isaac
October 2, 2013 at 12:37 pm
Correct my man. These things has been happening since time in memorial. Where was this man who is suggesting that it only happens during PF reign?
atishani
October 3, 2013 at 11:50 am
thats very true as far as i can remember this has always been happening in our country
atishani
October 3, 2013 at 11:55 am
since pf???? that’s shallow my dear. what do you say about what happened during mmds time specifically mwanawasa’s time. the death of the kawambwa boys, the burning of miners and cbu students on intern at chambishi metals, the throwing off of esau lungu of lusaka from a zamtel transmitter poll, the list is endless. what would you say about that??? think before you comment and think objectively for the sake of better Zambia
Id!ot!
October 2, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Simply put you are an id!ot!
Kasenge Richard
October 2, 2013 at 11:35 am
UPND ewaleta ubuloshi.HH wants to strenghen his party through the same.Aaaaha!Mmmm ati 2016.in your dreams, day dreamer! Continue you witchcraft.ukapita na pa No fly zone.
chileshe
October 2, 2013 at 1:47 pm
kasenge you are an *****. how can you say such rabbish when someone’s life was lost. go to chainama ngati wafunta. i think you are one of them imbwa iwe.walitumpa saana we ndoshi we.
Isaac
October 2, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Use laws available to arrest all who will be found wanting. How can they burn police houses constructed at a high cost by tax payers money? Torching a police post which was assisting them.
swine
October 2, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Isaac, in this case the Police failed the community! We all look up to the Police for protection but in the case of the unfortunate lady,(whether a hule or not, she was human so deserving of Police protection!) may be the chi cop on duty wanted to shag her even! So vulnerable she became that she decided to find her way to safety but alas, it was not be!
cecil
October 2, 2013 at 12:43 pm
pende dat 1 na true,its nt now wen killin each other started.I remember in choma da was a tym wen pipo were bin killed usin mental itemz n it was nt safe 4 us 2 move at nyt.It was nt sata rulin dat tym,it was mwanawasa.
kwindi
October 2, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Iwe stophilla waba itole uekwako amano muchimpompo,its your fellow hh killing people ,you should have respect for the government waba etole.
katwamba
October 2, 2013 at 2:16 pm
My heart bleeds to the very point of my being. if indeed, the late tried her best to get help from the people mandated by law to protect her and they failed her. then it is folly to blame the men and women who have opted to take the law into their own hands.
if the police cannot protect someone’s life, what then are they there for? what are they paid for? can the suspect be in police hands and may the law take its cause, or else hell will break loose. and those of you who know the suspect advise him not to even think of coming to Lusaka before this is fully concluded in the courts of law because he will be falling in the hands of a hungry lion.
Kasenge Richard
October 2, 2013 at 3:36 pm
@chileshe i guess we are of the same tribe but i cannot insult u,its either u are my brother or sister.my advise is if insele shobe e topic. u can go ahead.May God and jesus forgive u.with me i have forgiven u,no gradge dear!
africa
October 2, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Jungle Justice.
Chibote
October 2, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Two wrongs do not make a right.
Sulutan
October 2, 2013 at 4:19 pm
The works of HH and his UPND.
Kasenge Richard is a Tribalist
October 2, 2013 at 5:30 pm
@Kasenge, this story has neither political nor tribal links. Its just people unhappy with police performance, but in your tribally calibrated brains, you cannot just debate without fuulish political chants and sliding into your tribal dormain. What Chileshe is telling you is not to embarass yourself.
kangwa
October 2, 2013 at 5:46 pm
I would expect people to be a little bit sensible as they post on issues such as these,insults are just barbaric and never sort out anything. Strong constructive criticism is okay. People please, this is not a political thing, it’s about the police.
anxious
October 2, 2013 at 6:07 pm
Kasenga Richard you are a dog with your Sata.*nyoko
Kasenge Richard
October 2, 2013 at 6:07 pm
Today is my day even CHICKEN without a heard can raise to the occation to taunt rubbish on me.why are u hiding your name instead u used mine bastared!
anxious
October 2, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Kasenga Richard your has no manners to teach you.That’s why you are mentioning HH who knows nothing about your governments idiocy.
Chang yanzu
October 2, 2013 at 7:53 pm
What points have acculated for insulting fellow contributo.CHA YAN SHEN SHI
allan
October 2, 2013 at 8:22 pm
This thng has been hapening.. Kudala maningi
kakolwe
October 3, 2013 at 2:32 am
Reminds me of the LUNACY of Lsk’s Ng’ombe residents. They torched & ransacked the police post. When violence escalated, they started crying for police presence. Now its Maamba IDIOCY!
nancy johns
October 3, 2013 at 7:16 am
True ever since pf came into power its been sad things have change we do not know if its the work of the devil, its noly God the almight who can help us from this. also these people its sad of them to riot in such a manner anyway only God knows.
Id!ot!
October 3, 2013 at 12:28 pm
You must be very childish!
Kasenge Richard
October 3, 2013 at 7:41 am
Thanks chang china man i understand your language, i wont do it.chensh keai de xibo koo shing.Xie xien chinaman.xie xie.
T.K
October 3, 2013 at 8:48 am
Whether someone is a prostitute or not human life was suppose to be protected.We lost a life by failing in duties of protecting any Citizen of this Country.She was supposed to be kept until the following morning when it was safe for her to go home.
On the other hand people should not take law into their own hands by going a step further by destroying the house of a Police Officer who was discharging his duties at that particular time.
People in the past use to get killed without evening coming out in the print and electronic media.
MAY GOD INTERVENE IN THIS CRUCIAL TIME OUR COUNTRY IS FACING.
Dim Wit
October 3, 2013 at 9:32 am
The painful reality is that one vote from one of these thugs is worth the same as one vote of a Professor from UNZA! This is something I have never come to terms with.
The vote of an elite citizen should never have the same worth as that of an illiterate thug! Our nation will always be at risk of misrule because of this anomaly. The new constitution needs to address this. Citizens need to be categorized and NRCs should have categories. Everyone can start with the green one but we need to have a system where one can graduate to a higher class of NRC and Education achievement should be one of the top criteria in this categorization!
Most of our people are easily cheated and will tend to vote under the influence of gifts or bribes! This should be categorized as a felony and ECZ should have the teeth to disqualify and prosecute not only the candidates but also to blacklist such citizens who can’t exercise independent judgement! Such candidates and voters should be permanently barred from participating in future elections!
Id!ot!
October 3, 2013 at 12:30 pm
I would not love to believe you are truly are a dim wit! But from your blog I am left with one choice to believe so!
MundiaM
October 3, 2013 at 2:22 pm
You are full of SH!T!!! An over inflated empty human being, you are.
Uneducated people have the same rights and will continue to have the same rights as overrated educated losers like you. One man one vote, not the nonsense you are dreaming about. I have an MBA and I believe you are a Loser!
Patel Yusuf
October 3, 2013 at 10:35 am
The police officer is to blame for the death of the woman. Why didn’t he listen to the woman’s complaints?
atishani
October 3, 2013 at 11:57 am
thanks tumfweko for the news keep it up!!
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fact
October 3, 2013 at 10:23 pm
****** Christian Rituals….