INSPECTOR General of police Stela Libongani (left) with Minister of Home Affairs Dr Ngosa Symbyakula talk to some Chililabombwe residents at Kasumbalesa border yesterday. – Picture by AGGREY BANDA.
By ALVIN CHIINGA
New information around the death of a truck driver is suggesting that the shooting in cold blood and subsequent death could have been as a result of a love affair gone sour, said Defence Minister Edgar Lungu in Lusaka yesterday.
“There is intelligence information reaching us on the Zambian side that there could have been a woman involved in the sad shooting that led to a death,” Mr Lungu said, “credible information also suggests that the dead truck driver is a Malawian national who worked for a Zimbabwean company.”
Mr Lungu, however, said, “I am aware my Home Affairs colleague is on top of things in this matter because it’s his jurisdiction and I won’t say much except that the banditry behaviour is condemned and the bandits shall be smoked out regardless of the circumstances that led to the shooting.”
The Defence Minister said Zambia security services are alert and will do everything in their power to ensure that Zambia remains a safe place.
Mr Lungu, however said apart from this latest incident that could have a “love gone bad” aspect to it, the government is aware of worrying cross border banditry which it seeks to address peacefully.