The door-to-door attacks by police that left one miner dead and several severely injured in Shamva South last week were the result of an illegal gold deal that had gone bad, according to local villagers.
Ten police officers are in custody, accused of the brutal attacks that killed Luxmore Chiwambo and sent nine others to hospital. They were arrested only after the provincial governor Martin Dinha interfered during angry demonstrations by the local villagers.
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