POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 35-year-old woman of Kanyama Compound for inflicting severe burns on her own child whom she accused of stealing some money. In a statement, Thursday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga stated that the nine-year-old girl was able to tell victim support officers that her mother burnt her back and buttocks with a cooking stick and brazier. “Kanyama Police Station, under the Victim Support Unit, received a distressing report yesterday the April 17, 2024, at 17:00 hours, concerning an assault on a female juvenile aged 9, residing in Old Kanyama Compound of Lusaka. The victim bravely revealed to victim support officers that she had been subjected to severe burns by her biological mother, aged 35, at their...

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