Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:21:39 +0000 KAMFINSA mobile unit police officers yesterday fought running battles with people in Luanshya Township and arrested 55 after residents ran amok and looted shops and ransacked the house of a businesswoman on suspicion that she is practicing Satanism. Both Copperbelt Province police commissioner Charity Katanga and Luanshya mayor Nathan Chanda confirmed the development to the Daily Nation, saying only quick intervention from the police saved the unnamed woman from her assailants. Ms. Katanga explained that one of the twins from the woman’s neighbour went missing in Mikomfwa some time ago and that on Saturday night, the irate residents who suspected the woman of superstition in her business descended on her, accusing her of being behind the child’s disappearance. “On Saturday night, residents attacked the woman’s house on suspicion that she was behind the disappearance of the child. They accused her of Satanism, saying there was no way a […]
Police arrest 55 in Luanshya riot
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