By VINCENT MATANDIKO –
A JOINT Chililabombwe Municipal Council and police operation of gunning down stray dogs has resulted in the shooting of a miner who has since been admitted to Konkola Mine Hospital.
Edison Banda, 28, a workman at Lubambe Copper Mines (LCM), was on Monday evening accidentally shot in the leg as he was leaving his friend’s place between 18:30 and 19:00 hours.
Chililabombwe District Commissioner Stuart Chitumbo and Mayor Paul Kabuswe confirmed the incident after visiting the victim in hospital, having undergone an operation to remove the shotgun pellets.
The local authority had sought permission from police to conduct the operation of shooting stray dogs but it has since been suspended as police have opened an inquiry into the shooting.
Narrating the incident from his hospital bed, Banda, who sustained gunshot wounds on his right leg, said he suddenly felt unusual pain on his leg, only to later discover that he had been shot.
He also heard the yelps of a dog nearby.
The council and police officers involved in the operation picked the dead dog and left without realising that they had shot a person as well. –ZANIS
