3 family members arrested for murder
Written by Millennium on August 14, 2019
Police in Samfya District have arrested a family of three for alleged murder.
Luapula Province Police Commission Elias Chushi has named the three as John Kaluba 76, his wife Priscilla Kangwa 31, and his son Brian Kaluba all of Nshindano Village in Chief Kasoma Bangweulu’s Chiefdom.
The three are alleged to have caused the death of Leonard Kunda whom they jointly beat leading to his death.
The Luapula Province Police Commissioner says the three beat Kunda after he allegedly tried to attack someone at their residence.
He said the incident happened on Saturday August 10th, around 23:00 hours and around 04:20 the deceased died as a result of the head injuries he sustained.
Mr. Chushi says the body of the deceased has been deposited to Mansa General Hospital awaiting post-mortem to ascertain the cause of the death.
In another accident one person has died, while another one is nursing serious injuries in Mansa General Hospital after the wall to the quarry pit they were digging from fell on them at a Mine in Mwansabombwe.
Bitwell Bwalya of Kaputula Village died after he broke his neck while Jackson Mwaba 40 of Katamala Village broke his leg and sustained a backache.
Disclosing the matter to ZANIS in Mansa, Luapula Province Police Commissioner Elias Chushi said the incident happened on Monday around 15:40 hours.
Mr. Chushi says this came to light when a concerned member of the public reported the accident to Police .
He says facts before the Police are that Bwalya and Mwaba were digging quarry with a pick and shovel when they met their fate.
Mr. Chushi says the body of the deceased was taken to Mbereshi Mission Hospital while Mwaba was rushed to Mansa General Hospital.
He says the name and owners of the Mine where they were digging had not yet been established by the time Police visited the scene of the accident. ZANIS
