Sixth ‘ritual’ murder victim’s body picked

Police Deputy Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga

A 30-year-old man has been killed in a suspected ritual murder in Lusaka’s George compound, the sixth of such murders in the area in a space of four weeks.

Police Deputy Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga has confirmed the development to QFM News that the police have picked up a dead body of a male person Anthony Mwaba aged 30 years of house no 376 off Twikatane Road in George Compound.

Mr. Hamoonga says the body was picked about 300 to 500 meters away from his house along a centre road leading to his residence.

He says the body had no heart, both ears and private parts.

The Police Deputy Spokesperson says the police service is making an earnest appeal to residents of George Compound to remain calm and cooperate with the police as they are working and trying with all legal means to resolve this heinous crime as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, reports reaching QFM indicates that residents of Chunga are rioting in protest against the continued legal killings in Lusaka.