Two Siblings Arrested for Alleged Murder of Their Cousin

Police in Lusaka have detained two siblings , an 18-year-old male and his 15-year-old sister in connection with the alleged murder of their 22-year-old cousin, Susan Zulu.

In a statement, Police Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi says the case stems from a report of Conversion Not Amounting to Theft of Motor Vehicle, filed at Kabwata Police Station on September 17, concerning a silver Toyota Axio belonging to the siblings’ parents.

Mr Chilabi says preliminary investigations indicate that the 18-year-old, accompanied by his sister 15 and cousin 22, took the vehicle without his parents’ consent, which

was later involved in a hit-and-run accident along Zimba Road in Madras, seriously injuring an 8-year-old pedestrian, who was admitted to the University Teaching Hospital and remains in critical condition and was involded in another accident along Lumumba Road where it was abandoned.

He says the two siblings returned home on September 21, while their cousin, Susan Zulu, was not seen, prompting their parents to take them to Kabwata Police Station over the motor vehicle case.