Zambia: Chinika Residents Riot - In Protest Over 100 Demolished Houses

SCORES of people yesterday rioted following the move by bailiffs to demolish more than 100 houses in Lusaka's Chinika Industrial area.

Police said the land in controversy belonged to Mushe Milling Company which had a court order declaring those that had built houses around the plant as illegal settlers.

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