TO : ALL MEDIA
FROM : PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE
DATE : 21st JANUARY 2016
Police in Ndola this afternoon exhumed a headless body of Ruth Phiri aged 17 from a shallow grave after being led to the scene by a 17 year old suspect George Mpombo Junior.
Mpombo is alleged to have shot at Ruth on the forehead on 11th January 2016 after informing him that she was pregnant. He later chopped off the head and buried it near Mulungushi bus stop while the rest of the body was buried in a shallow grave near Chiwala Secondary School.
Mpombo has been jointly charged with three other suspects identified as Kennedy Mumba 21, Brian Kapinga 26 while the third one is a 16 year old juvenile.
The police also managed to retrieve the pistol that is alleged to have been used in commissioning the crime. The ownership of the pistol is yet to be established.
The body of the deceased is lying in Ndola general hospital awaiting postmortem while the suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.
CHARITY MUNGANGA-CHANDA
POLICE SPOKESPERSON
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