Ex- Zambian minister Mutotwe Kafwaya
A former Zambian minister was killed during a security raid on a property linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile, police have confirmed.
Mutotwe Kafwaya was fatally wounded during what authorities described as an exchange of fire between law enforcement officers and unknown individuals in Lusaka on Friday, a day after Zambia’s presidential election.
According to the BBC on Thursday, police said the raid was carried out by a joint security task force and resulted in the arrest of 11 people. Authorities accused Mundubile’s political alliance of involvement in insurgency and militia activity and said weapons had been recovered during the operation.
Mundubile, who has since gone into hiding, rejected the allegations as “total fabrications”. He also said he had not been informed of Kafwaya’s whereabouts after the former minister was shot during the raid.
