Zambia-Malawi bus in road accident
By Staff Reporter
A Lusaka bound Zambia-Malawi bus was on Friday involved in a road traffic accident between Chipata and Kazimule.
Eastern Province Commissioner of Police Luckson Sakala confirmed the accident to the media without giving details of the accident but said there were no fatalities.
Meanwhile an unidentified girl believed to be aged between 15 and 18 years has been raped and murdered. Her body was found on Friday around 06:30 hrs in an unfinished building in Kanyama compound in Lusaka.
Police Public Relations Officer Esther Mwata Katongo confirmed the deceased was suspected to have been murdered between 01:00 hours and 03:00 hours early hours on Friday.
“The victim whose body was found with scratches around the neck and whitish substance on her thigh and the body had no pants on,” Katongo said, adding “the victim is suspected to have been raped before she was murdered, the body is in the University Teaching Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem”.