Emeute à Kitwe après un accident mortel – 23 décembre 2011

Kitwe’s Bulangililo residents riot again

postzambia.com

Sun 25 Dec. 2011

RESIDENTS of Kitwe’s Bulangililo Township on Friday rioted for the second time following the death of three children that were hit by a Canter light truck.

On Wednesday, residents of Bulangililo ran amok after a Mitsubishi Canter light truck knocked down six children, two of whom died on the spot and another on Thursday while three others are nursing serious injuries in Kitwe Central Hospital.

The riots were sparked by the careless speeding driver of an Toyota Corolla unregistered in Kazembe road, a day after the Canter truck hit six children.

The mob that forced the car to stop beat up the driver and smashed the windscreen before he was rescued by two police officers and a Paronama security guard.

The instant mob also attacked one of the passers-by who tried to rescue the man before running for safety. Read more

Informations

Kitwe is the second largest city in terms of size and population in Zambia. With a population of 547,700 (2007 census) Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation, alongside Ndola and Lusaka. It has a complex of mines on its north-western and western edges.Kitwe includes a number of townships and suburbs including Nkana East, Nkana West, Mindolo and Garneton. The city is sometimes referred to as Kitwe-Nkana.