Explain the Mandevu killings!Dear Editor,AS Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) we are concerned with the new dawn administration’s high appetite for human blood as evidenced by the high number of extrajudicial killings by the police in the past four months. This indiscriminate butchering of citizens on often flimsy grounds cannot continue without being challenged. We are fully aware of the fact that before the new dawn administration ascended to power, the Police would occasionally shoot down criminals. However those incidents were few and far apart and even the circumstances were not questionable as there would be evidence of an exchange of gunfire. However, under the new dawn administration, citizens are being butchered by police at an alarming rate and in very flimsy circumstances. Take for instance the recent shooting to death of two citizens in Lusaka’s MandevuCompound over the past weekend as reported by the Zambia Police Service spokesperson, Mr Rae Haamonga. The Police say they only fired two warning shots but they fail to […]
Explain the Mandevu killings!
