POLICE in Lusaka have arrested three suspected criminals of Chibolya compound for riotous behaviour and hacking five people with machetes. Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale disclosed in a statement, Tuesday, that the three suspects ran amok on Monday claiming to have been avenging the death of their colleague. Mwale narrated that upon hearing that police had been alerted, the suspects vented their anger on persons they suspected to have called the police whom they hacked, leaving them with multiple deep cuts on their bodies. “Three people were arrested in connection with the riot that occurred in Chibolya compound. On October 23, 2023 between 15:00 hours and 16:00 hours, suspected criminals in the compound ran amok claiming that they...

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