By Staff Writer
Police in Lusaka have arrested a 38-year-old man of Makeni Bonaventure in Lusaka in connection with the shooting incident that occurred at the University of Zambia students’ Hostel on September 4, 2023.
Police Deputy Spokesperson Danny Mwale said that the student identified as George Banda is alleged to have shot at the door of the female students Hostel where the bullet pierced through and hit the door of the fridge and later penetrated through resulting in hitting one of the buckets.
Mr Mwale said there where three female students in the room at the time of the shooting at 08:10 hours.
He said the police officers were alerted and quickly rushed to the scene where an empty cartilage suspected to be of a Pistol was picked and investigations were instituted.
Mr Mwale said investigation revealed that the suspect was looking for his girlfriend only identified as Elizabeth, a student at the University of Zambia, who was not present in the room at the time.
He said around 22:00 hours, Police apprehended the said girlfriend who later led them to Makeni Bonaventure where George Banda was apprehended and the pistol with 2 rounds of ammunition was recovered.
The suspect was arrested and detained in Police custody waiting to be formally charged.
