POLICE say they have arrested two people in connection with a viral video showing a man and a woman having sexual intercourse in the bush.

In a statement, Friday, Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga stated that the two had gone to drink beer at a night club but on their way from the drinking spree, they allegedly decided to go to a nearby bush to have carnal knowledge.

He stated that the two were however found by members of the public who “aided them in the act”.

“Police in Eastern Province have apprehended two people in connection with the video that has gone viral showing a man and a woman having carnal knowledge in the bush. Brief facts of the matter are that the two had gone to drink beer at a named night club. On their way from the drinking spree, it is alleged that they decided to go by the nearby bush to have carnal knowledge. Unfortunately, they were found by members of the public who aided the two in the act. Investigations into the matter continue with the aid of the video in pursuing the others who aided the two in the immoral act,” stated Hamoonga.

On Thursday, a video in which a Chipata man was seemingly raping a helpless woman while a crowd was cheering him on went viral.

Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer Davis Simwanza confirmed the incident, Thursday, saying preliminary investigations had determined that the incident happened two weeks ago.

“I wish to confirm that we are in receipt of a video that has gone viral where some barbaric action was going on purportedly here in Chipata, at golf course. The initial report was indicating that this incident happened in the early hours of today (Thursday) and the report came through from a concerned citizen. So we launched investigations into the same and the preliminary investigations are reviewing the fact that actually this incident occurred two weeks ago, except the video has gone viral today. So we have since launched investigations into the same and I must mention that a lot of groundwork has been done to try and bring the perpetrator, the rapist himself and those people that we have seen in the video who were helping the perpetrator to accomplish his mission,” said Simwanza.

“The action is quite barbaric and very unfortunate. So we are also looking for those that had circulated the same video. So at an appropriate time, I will be able to inform you of what action we have done. But an inquiry file has been opened, we did not receive any report from the victim, so we are as well looking for that same victim. I am appealing to members of society, those that have information relating to this matter, to bring the information forward. To help us trace these people so that we can restore order in our society.”