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Lusaka Killings Rekindle Fears of Zambia's Past

While government has vowed to clamp down on the criminals behind the deaths of five women in Lusaka, the killings has evoked sad memories of the past when 29 young women were strangled after being raped, writes Potipher Tembo for The Times of Zambia.

  • Zambia:   Lusaka Killings Rekindle Past Fears

    Times of Zambia, 20 August 2012

    THE recent killings totalling five women now in Lusaka has evoked sad memories of 1980 when 29 young women were strangled after being raped on separate occasions between January… Read more »

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Police have said they were not yet aware of the motive for the killings.

  • Zambia:   Lusaka Killings - State Talks Tough

    Times of Zambia, 11 August 2012

    GOVERNMENT will ensure that the criminals behind the killing of women in Lusaka are brought to book as the National Legal Aid Clinic for Women(NLACW) condemned the brutal murders. Read more »

  • Zambia:   Lusaka Murders - Third Women Killed

    Times of Zambia, 8 August 2012

    THE spate of grisly murders of young women in Lusaka have continued with the latest being that of a 23-year-old of Woodlands who is suspected to have been raped before being… Read more »

  • Zambia:   Bishop Detained in Ruth Murder

    Times of Zambia, 20 July 2012

    A LUSAKA-based Bishop has been detained in connection with the recent murder of the 19 year old National Institute for Public Administration (NIPA) student Ruth Mbandu bringing to… Read more »

  • Zambia:   Ruth Murder - Fugitive Driver Nabbed

    Times of Zambia, 23 July 2012

    IN relentless efforts to corner more suspects in the gruesome killing of Ruth Mbandu, police have apprehended runaway driver Stanley Munkonji on whom they found several mobile… Read more »

  • Zambia:   Three Charged in Ruth Murder Case

    Times of Zambia, 24 July 2012

    POLICE in Lusaka have continued to search for more pinning evidence as they yesterday, charged three suspects in the horrific killing of 19-year-old, Ruth Mbandu with murder. Read more »

  • Zambia:   Ruth Murder - 2 More Cornered

    Times of Zambia, 26 July 2012

    POLICE have continued with the hunt for the killers of 19-year-old Ruth Mbandu with two more suspects being picked up from Lusaka's Kanyama Township yesterday. Read more »

  • Zambia:   Ruth Murder Suspect's Mother Cries Foul

    Times of Zambia, 28 July 2012

    MOTHER to one of the suspects in Ruth Mbandu's murder has protested over the whereabouts of her son whom she says she last saw on Friday last week. Read more »

  • Zambia:   Matero Woman Murdered

    Times of Zambia, 30 July 2012

    A 27-year-old woman of Matero Township in Lusaka has been murdered in unclear circumstances as she was coming from her hair salon around 22:00 hours on Saturday night. Read more »

  • Zambia:   Ruth Murder - Two Churches Banned

    Times of Zambia, 2 August 2012

    TWO churches linked to two of the five people being held by police in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Ruth Mbandu in Lusaka have been de-registered by the Registrar of… Read more »

  • Zambia:   Driver May Turn State Witness in Ruth Murder Case

    Times of Zambia, 2 August 2012

    MURDER suspect, Stanley Munkonji, is a potential key State witness in helping find the killers of 19-year-old Ruth Mbandu who was slain in cold blood more than two weeks ago,… Read more »

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