Police are looking
for a juvenile aged between 15 and 18 only identified as Fred of George
compound in Lusaka in connection with the murder of Kings Sikonde aged 17 of
the same area.
Kings sustained a
fatal wound on his chest after he was allegedly stabbed with a knife on January
18, 2024 around 16:30 hours in George compound.
He was rushed to the
University Teaching Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Police investigations
revealed that the incident happened when the deceased approached Fred demanding
for his money amounting to K10.
The suspect pretended
as though he went to collect money but later emerged with two other juveniles
who engaged Kings in a conversation. It was during their conversation that Fred
stabbed Kings on the chest with a knife and ran away.
Police officers were
alerted and visited the scene where the victim was found with a wound laying
unconscious in a pool of blood.
Postmortem was
conducted and the body was buried on Monday, January 22, 2024.
Police investigations
further revealed that Kings Sikonde is suspected to have been a member of a
notorious group called 'the Bloodies' while Fred is suspected to be a member of
another naughty group called 'Never broke again'.
On January 18, 2024
between 18:00 hours and 22:00 hours, the group called 'the Bloodies' went on
rampage and destroyed people's properties and attacked some suspected members
of a rival gang called 'Never broke again'.
Deputy Police Public
Relations Officer, Danny Mwale added that in the process, Police arrested three
juveniles belonging to the group called 'the bloodies' and are currently
detained in Police custody facing various offences such as malicious damage to
property and Assault while a manhunt for other suspects and Fred has been
launched.
Police have since intensified patrols in George, Zingalume and surrounding compounds in order to restore sanity.
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