POLICE have apprehended one suspect identified as Stamina Moken, 40, of Linda Compound, in connection with the assault of Power FM news editor Alfonso Kasongo. This follows an incident in which Kasongo was assaulted by suspected UPND cadres on Sunday while covering a party assignment in Lusaka’s Linda Compound. In a statement, Thursday, Police Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi said preliminary investigations revealed that some UPND members descended on Kasongo while he was attempting to record an incident of assault at a party meeting. “The Zambia Police Service wishes to inform the public that a suspect has been apprehended in connection with a case of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm involving a journalist, while a manhunt is underway for other...

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