By NATION REPORTER A ZAMBIA National Service (ZNS) soldier was on Sunday shot dead by an armed group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Defense Minister Ambrose Lufuma confirmed the incidence at a briefing. Mr Lufuma said on Sunday, between 10: 00 hours and 11: 00 hours there was an exchange of fire between ZNS Soldiers and Soldiers from the DRC after a misunderstanding ensued and unfortunately during the incident Zambia lost one soldier in action and another was wounded. The Minister named the dead soldier as Staff Sergeant Corinthians Kaputa who sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at Kalewa Garrison Hospital in Ndola while Staff Sergeant Jazz Joseph Banda sustained a gunshot wound and CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Govt confirms Zambian soldier killed in crossfire with DRC militia

Congolese soldiers patrol the village of Mwenda, recently attacked by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in Rwenzori Sector, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 23, 2021. - Since December 2020, several dozen deadly attacks have taken place at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains and in surrounding villages. Since October 2019 and the launch of "large-scale" military operations in Beni Territory, the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), originally from Uganda and claiming to be a branch of the Islamic State organization, has increased its deadly attacks and killed over 1,200 people. In March 2021, the U.S. State Department listed the ADF as an international terrorist organization affiliated with ISIS, and designated it as ISIS-DRC. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)
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