A 57-YEAR-OLD peasant farmer of Chililabombwe has been beaten to death by three men who accused him of stealing their charcoal. Police have arrested two of the suspects identified as Leonard Malipenga, 22, and Julius Simbeye 23, while a manhunt has been launched for the third suspect who is on the run. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba disclosed in a statement that the suspects used bamboo sticks to beat the deceased. “We received a report of murder which occurred on December 3, 2022 around 23:30 hours in Kamenza forest, Chililabombwe in which John Lwambula, aged 42 years, of Kamenza forest Chililabombwe, reported that his elder brother Rabson Mufwankole Malichupa, aged 57 years of Kamenza forest Chililabombwe, occupation peasant farmer, was...

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