A Zambian man from Choma is nursing a gunshot wound at Choma General Hospital after he was alleged of having broken into Mweemba Farm on 8th June, 2024 during a suspected theft operation.

Nkulu Mulenga, aged 20, was shot on the leg by Mweemba Farm Owner, Chile Mweemba aged 50, around 02:00 hours on the material morning after he broke into a chicken house with intent to steal.

Mweemba reported the matter to Choma Police, stating that he had shot the suspect who sustained a fractured leg with a Short-gun.

He relayed to Police Officers that he had been experiencing several thefts at his farm, which made him to start routine night patrols to protect his property.

Around 01:00 hours on the day of the incident, he narrated that he was on his routine patrol around the farm and around 02:00 hours, noticed that the broiler chicken house had two holes on the wall, suggesting that there was an intruder inside.

When he then moved closer, he saw the suspect swiftly coming out and started running, ordering him to stop but to no avail, hence shooting him on the leg and he fell to the ground.

Mweemba is said to have picked him and taken the suspect to Choma Police Station where the matter was reported, with Officers issuing a Medical Report and rushing the gunshot victim to Choma General Hospital.

Southern Province Commissioner of Police, Auxensio Daka, updates that the suspected vandal’s condition is said to be stable while the firearm used in the incident has been secured at the Police pending further investigations.