Police in Zambia have arrested a 30-year-old Security Guard after injuring a person with a brick.
The victim has been identified as 40-year-old John Phiri of Manungu Compound, with the suspect named as Nevers Kapuma of Harry Mwaanga Compound.
Southern Province Commissioner of Police, Auxensio Daka, tells Byta FM Monze that on 31st May, 2024 at 22:00 hours, Officers at Monze Police received a report from 38-year-old Gideon Phiri that a known person did assault his brother.
Daka says Officers rushed to Monze Mission Hospital where the victim was and found him swollen on the left side of his head, with the condition at the times described as unstable.
He narrates that according to an eyewitness account, the suspect was guarding the house of Boniface Nchimunya in Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula area.
Daka explains that while the guard was on duty, he was confronted by four men including the victim, demanding that they wanted to see the owner of the house.
It is believed that the victim and his friends were pursuing the owner of the house to retrieve the money which they had given him to buy a vehicle for them but had not delivered.
When the suspect told them that the owner was not around, the four men allegedly started harassing him, compelling the guard to open the gate for them and allow their vehicle through.
