According to the information I can share, In Lusaka on Wednesday local time. Two demonstrators were killed in protests outside the police station in the Zambian capital. The demonstration coincided with an examination of opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema at the police station.
Reported by AFP on Thursday (24/12/2020) riot police arrived to disperse the crowd. Shots were heard, two bloodied demonstrators lay on the scene after the protesters fled. Afterwards Police issued a statement that two people were reportedly killed by gunfire, after tear gas was used to disperse the "unregulated" crowd. They said they were investigating circumstances that had not yet been clarified.
Hichilema told AFP that "snipers" deliberately targeted the demonstrators. I say that because of the way the execution was done. It was done professionally, "he said, denying that the victim was shot in the head.
The blood of those who died today is in the hands of (President Edgar) Lungu, "he added.
Hichilema, 58, is Lungu's main contender in next year's August election.
Lungu, 63, is struggling with popularity issues and internal divisions within his party. This has been fueled by Zambia's economic woes and outrage over alleged corruption, a country heavily dependent on copper, which is in slumping demand.
Hichilema, known to his supporters by the initials HH, told reporters he was called by the police to answer questions about a property purchase he made 20 years ago. Hichilema says your death will not be in vain, there will be a change of government on August 12, 2021.
A veteran campaigner and independent businessman, Hichilema bid five times for the presidency between 2006 and 2016. After narrowly losing in 2016, Hichilema spent four months in prison as he fought over the results. He has promised to step down as leader of the United National Development Party (UPND) if he fails once again in the presidential election.
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