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Police in Nchelenge in Luapula province have arrested a Fifty-year-old man identified as Mikaliyo Bwalya for allegedly having canal knowledge of a Seven-year-old girl against the order of nature.
Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says it is alleged that on 17th September, 2019 around 23:00 hours at Chilongoshi Village, Chief Kambwali in Nchelenge District, the mother of the victim aged 34, went to spend a night at a funeral within the village and left her daughter in the custody of her neighbor, because her husband had gone out on a drinking spree.
She explains that unfortunately, her neighbor also proceeded to spend a night at the same funeral and the child was left in the custody of the neighbor’s husband Makaliyo Bwalya.
Mrs Katongo says the named suspect sodomized the victim and was caught in the act by the girl’s father who upon his return from the drinking spree heard her crying from his neighbor’s house.
She says the suspect is in Police custody and will appear in court soon.