EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS SLAMMED

EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS SLAMMED….Police must be held accountable for their appetite to kill citizens – Sean TemboBy SIMON MUNTEMBATHE police must be held accountable for extrajudicial killings of suspects on flimsy grounds, the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) has demanded.PeP president Sean Tembo said police officers should not be allowed to abuse their powers by indiscriminately butchering citizens on flimsy grounds.Mr Tembo said it was it was hypocrisy for Zambia to claim to be a Christian nation and to have suspended the death penalty when on the other hand Government was carrying out extrajudicial killings in the streets through the police.“It is therefore important that the police be held accountable on how they use their powers and firearms. They should not be allowed to abuse in jeopardy. They must be held accountable for their appetite to kill citizens,” he said.Mr Tembo also said the extrajudicial killings were more ominous than the death penalty because they were […]