By ALICE NACHILEMBE
Police in Mporokoso have arrested a man who allegedly set ablaze his wife and children leading to their death.
Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said the suspect identified as Jonas Mwamba alleged set ablaze a grass thatched house in which four people, among them his wife and 2 children.
Ms Katongo said that this was after police recieved a report that Beatrice Chanda 28 and her two children, Mirriam Kabwe 09 years and Beanwel Musonda 06 years and another unidentified person died in a grass thatched house after it was set ablaze by unknown persons.
She said preliminary investigations have led to the arrest of Jonas Mwamba, the husband of one of the fire victims Beatrice Chanda.
Ms Katongo said Mwamba is detained in police custody for murder.
She said the couple is reported to have had marital disputes as the now accused person suspected his wife to have been having an extra marital affair and that he was in a tendency of issuing death threats to his wife.
Meanwhile Ms Katongo said no information recieved by police so far is linking the deaths to politics as being insinuated on social media.
She said if at all there are people with reliable information to what they are alleging, they should give that information to police.
