SA Police hunt Zambian murder suspect

Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt for a Zambian male in connection with the murder of his girlfriend and son.

Abassy Banda 28 holder of passport number ZN382769 is on 27^th February,2017 alleged to have set ablaze the house of his girlfriend at Barclays Square Flats in Pretoria

His daughter, aged three years, died in the inferno while the mother died later in hospital.

Zambian High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba has since disclosed that the South African Police Service (SAPS) has sought the help of the Embassy to help locate Banda.

Mr. Mwamba has called on Banda to report himself to the police so that he could help with their investigations.

He says Zambians in South Africa are well known to be of good behavior and good reputation and it was in this spirit that he called on Banda to hand himself to the Police.

This is contained in a statement issued by Nicky Shabolyo, Press Secretary at Zambia’s High Commission in South Africa.