Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:07:06 +0000 THE ugly pattern of ritual murders that has resurfaced in Lusaka requires an effective community policing system to smash the covertly designed heinous crimes. In the past, law enforcement officers have faced obstacles in tracking down perpetrators of this abhorrent crime in the early stages. The public must this time around get actively involved in the search for these blood-thirsty prowlers. As reported On Tuesday, three people have so far been killed in Lusaka in similar circumstances. Zambia Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says in all the three instances body parts have been discovered missing. This spectre is not new as in 2012 in Lusaka a 19-year-old female student was brutally murdered with her eyes forked out while her facial skin was peeled off. Other ritual murders occurred the same year including that of a taxi driver whose private parts were removed. Last year, about seven people were gruesomely murdered […]
