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POLICE in Lusaka have opened a docket to establish the actual perpetrators of the violence that erupted among Patriotic Front (PF) cadres on Thursday leading to the death of one person. So far, 19 people have been apprehended in connection with the violence and the subsequent killing of one man. Meanwhile, several stakeholders have condemned the barbaric act and called on the police to thoroughly investigate the matter. On Thursday, PF cadres clashed using machetes and pangas resulting in the death of one person yet to be indentified, while others were seriously injured [...] Non Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) chairperson Beatrice Girillo said it was unacceptable that a person was killed because of political differences. Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hachilema said violence had no room in Zambia and called on the PF top leadership to address the differences ...

http://www.times.co.zm/?p=41899
08.11.2013 - Times of Zambia

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The Patriotic Front intra party violence has continued with business in the Central Business District once again being disrupted as machete wielding cadres clashed in Lusaka’s Chibolya and Kanyama areas. Cadres clashed over control of a new bus station between City Market and Old Soweto Market after which they headed into town on Freedom Way and Cha Cha Roads forcing shop owners to close their businesses fearing possible looting. A group of cadres were chanting anti Wynter Kabimba slogans as they brandished their weapons to the amazement of frightened citizens in town. The violence spilled over to Kamwala where the battle for control raged on as the police who had leaned towards the originating point in Kanyama found themselves over stretched ...

http://zambiareports.com/2013/11/11/pf- ... hugs-join/
11.11.2013 - Zambia Reports

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Zambia's government is trying to send hundreds of refugees back to camps after two people were burned to death in anti-immigration riots in the country's capital, Lusaka. The violence erupted earlier this month in slum areas of the capital after foreigners, especially Rwandans, were blamed for the recent murders of at least seven people, whose body parts such as ears, hearts and penises had been removed. Locals argued that these were ritual murders committed by foreigners to secure body parts used for good luck charms. As a result, hundreds of Lusaka residents stoned houses and shops owned by foreign nationals, with hundreds of foreigners seeking refuge at police stations and churches as looters took food, drinks, refrigerators and other electrical appliances.

Zambia: Refugees attacked after 'ritual murders'
22.04.2016 - Aljazeera



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Laut Auswärtigem Amt könnte es unruhig werden in Sambia in den nächsten Tagen. Der Grund: die Polizei in Sambia hat Oppositionsführer Hakainde Hichilema festgenommen. Die Sicherheitskräfte hätten beim Zugriff im Haus Hichilemas in Lusaka auch Tränengas eingesetzt, erklärten am Dienstag dessen Anwalt Jack Mwiimbu und Augenzeugen. Hichilema habe sich nichts zu Schulden kommen lassen, betonte Anwalt Mwiimbu ...

Polizei nimmt Oppositionsführer in Sambia fest
11.04.2017 - Der Standard

Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema detained
11.04.2017 - Aljazeera

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Nach einer Reihe mutmaßlicher Brandanschläge hat Sambias Präsident Edgar Lungu den Ausnahmezustand ausgerufen. Bei den jüngsten Bränden handle es sich um "vorsätzliche Taten", die ernste Konsequenzen haben könnten, sagte Lungu am Mittwochabend in einer Fernsehansprache.

Der Standard: Sambias Präsident ruft Ausnahmezustand aus

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Derzeit mehren sich in Sambia Angriffe von Banden auf Zivilisten. Die Angreifer operieren lt. Presse mit einem speziellen Gas, um ihre Opfer zu immobilisieren. Die Armee ist nun angewiesen, die Straßen zu kontrollieren, um diese Anschläge zu unterbinden. Der Schritt, das Militär einzusetzen, erfolgte, nachdem die Angriffe zu panischen Unruhen, dem Lynchen von drei mutmaßlichen Angreifern am Donnerstag und einer Warnung der US-Botschaft geführt hatten.

"Dies sind Verbrechen von Terroristen, auf die der Staat auf eine Weise reagieren muss, die den Verbrechen von Terroristen angemessen ist. Wir werden die Schuldigen finden", so Vizepräsidentin Inonge Wina. Die Angriffe, die zunächst im nördlichen Copper Belt begonnen und sich rasch nach Lusaka ausgebreitet haben, würden durch Fake News noch geschürt. "Gerüchte über rituelle Morde und Vergasungen in Wohngebieten haben in mehreren Provinzen des Landes zu Unruhen und Selbstjustiz geführt", heißt es in einer am Donnerstag veröffentlichten Warnung.

Zambia deploys troops to quell gas attacks by criminal gangs
14.02.2020 - Aljazeera

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