MPONGWE TEACHER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO BURN A TAXI DRIVER
A MPONGWE teacher has found himself on the wrong end of the law after he attempted to set ablaze a Kitwe taxi driver on Sunday.
Katukula Muchuu of Kitwe’s Chimwemwe township has been arrested for trying to torch Masiye Mwelwa, a taxi driver who operates from Kamwanya taxi rank.
On the material day, Muchuu approached Mwelwa at Kamwanya taxi rank in Kitwe and poured a substance suspected to be petrol on the victim in an attempt to set him on fire.
“Brief facts are that yesterday, February 11, 2023 Masiye Mwelwa was at Kamwanya taxi rank doing his usual business as a taxi driver of a Toyota Corolla registration number BCB 7806 gray in color,” Copperbelt police commanding officer Peacewell Mweemba said “Whilst there he was approached by a male person who booked him from Kamwanya to Kitwe main Bus Station. Before starting off, Masiye was asked by the suspect to pass through a certain house within Chimwemwe Township to pick up his wife,” he said.
Mr Mweemba said, to Mwelwa’s surprise, he was taken to the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) pylons in Chimwemwe where he allegedly poured some liquid substance suspected to be petrol on his face.
“Fortunately, the victim managed to fight the suspect off him and called for help. Luckily, Mwelwa managed to stop the car, and in the process, the car key was grabbed from him. He struggled with him, and fortunate enough, he overpowered him and called for help.
“Some people rushed there and apprehended him. Masiye sustained swollen eyes and bruises on the shoulders. The suspect was taken to Mindolo Police Station where he was searched and Police found him with a match box, a green jar where the alleged petrol was, a knife and a bag, and arrest made on the suspect,” Mr Mweemba said.
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