Cops slay Kitwe bandit, another in Ndola

By ALEX NJOVU

 

POLICE in Kitwe have shot dead a suspected bandit who is allegedly part of a group that has been terrorising residents of the Copperbelt.
Police gunned down the suspect near Maposa farm block in the early hours of yesterday.
Copperbelt police commanding officer Martin Malama said in an interview in Kitwe on January 10 that the police had earlier arrested the suspect who led them to the hideout of his alleged accomplices.
“The armed robber is aged 37 and we had picked him earlier. He was leading police officers to an area where his friends were hiding but when they reached near the hide-out, he shouted at the top of his voice, alerted his friends and attempted to run away.
In the process the officers shot him dead,” he said.
Dr Malama said the other suspects managed to elude the police dragnet and are on the run.
He warned that police will ensure that criminals who have been terrorising residents are brought to book.
Dr Malama said the police officers were forced to shoot the suspect when he refused to comply with their orders to stop shouting.
And police in Mufulira’s Kawama township have picked up a body of a 30-year-old unidentified man. The right arm is missing.
Mufulira police commanding officer Steven Simasiku said police found the body near the railway line.
“We picked the body three days after the man had been killed. It was decomposed and the right arm was missing. We have since instituted investigations into the killing,” Mr Simasiku said.