Wed, 04 Jan 2017 09:36:34 +0000 By GWENDOLYN MCHENGA THERE was total silence in the Lusaka Magistrates Court yesterday when a senior police officer told an inquest that a police witness lied when he told the court two weeks ago that police shot dead UPND cadre Mapenzi Chibulo. Lusaka Central Detective Chief Inspector Kaunda told the inquest that Mapenzi was not killed by a police bullet as alleged by his colleague but that a deep mystery still surrounds the events of July last year during the confusion when police tried to stop UPND cadres marching to Chawama for a rally. The dective chief inspector said there was also mystery about the camera man who appeared to follow Mapenzi during the protest and captured her movements up to the point she lay on the ground after being shot. The camera followed her to the hospital where she was pronounnced dead. “We lied that we shot Mapenzi […]
