Melody Chansa
5 August 2008
Police in Kitwe yesterday shot dead three gunmen in an exchange of fire.The bandits were killed in Buchi Township where they had trailed a businessman around 13:00 hours.
Police also recovered an M-56 riffle from the bandits, all ex-convicts.
Copperbelt police commanding officer, Antoneil Mutentwa confirmed the incident in an interview yesterday.
Mr Mutentwa said police received a report on Saturday that some bandits planned to trail a businessman with the aim of robbing him.
"It was after getting this information that the officers also decided to trail the bandits but upon reaching Buchi, the bandits opened fire and this is how they made their position known. All of them are ex-convicts," Mr Mutentwa said.
He said a heavy exchange of fire ensued before police finally gunned down the trio.
Mr Mutentwa, who could not name the businessman, identified the bandits as Noel Kape, Reuben Kanyimbi and the third one only identified as Chinyemba.
And ZANIS reports that police in Choma have arrested four teenage boys in connection with a spate of robberies in the district and recovered stolen household property worth millions of Kwacha.
The recovered items include 11 television sets, DVD players, furniture and assorted household goods believed to have been stolen from Mochipapa, Riverside and Macha residential areas.
Choma district police officer commanding, Jackson Simfukwe said the four boys who are currently in police custody are aged between 13 and 15 years.
"Two boys are aged 15 while the other two are 13 and 14 years," he said.
Mr Simfukwe said the quartet, all of Shah Township, was nabbed during a police raid after a tip off from members of the public.
He said the suspects led the police to areas where the stolen items were hidden.
Mr Simfukwe said police had continued with their investigations with a view to making more recoveries of stolen items.
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