LUSAKA, Zambia. (AP) — Two people have been arrested for allegedly plotting to harm Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema using witchcraft, police said Friday. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said in a statement that the two suspects, Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, 42, and Leonard Phiri, 43, were allegedly hired by Nelson Banda, the younger brother of fugitive lawmaker Jay Banda, to bewitch the president. Jay Banda escaped from police custody in Au…

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Zambian police arrest 2 over alleged plot to bewitch President Hichilema

Zambian police said they have arrested two men for allegedly trying to "harm" the president of the southern African nation using witchcraft. Mozambican national Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, 42, and Zambian village chief Leonard Phiri, 43, were arrested in the capital Lusaka, said a police statement released on Friday. "The suspects were found in possession of assorted charms, including a live chameleon, and are alleged to be practising witchdoctor…

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Two men accused of trying to "bewitch" the president of Zambia have been arrested. The police said they had in their custody the "witchdoctors" who had been assigned the work "to use charms to harm" President Hakainde Hichilema. Jasten Mabulesse Candunde and Leonard Phiri were held in the capital, Lusaka.
Witchcraft is prevalent in the southern African country and people often fear the worst owing to it. Police said that Nelson Banda, the younge…

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LUSAKA, Zambia. -- Two people have been arrested for allegedly plotting to harm Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema using witchcraft, police said Friday.

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Zambia Police Foil Plot Against President Hichilema, Arrest Two Suspects In a significant breakthrough, the Zambia Police Service, in collaboration with the Department of Immigration and the Anti-Terrorism Unit, has apprehended two male suspects linked to a plot to harm President Hakainde Hichilema. The suspects, identified as Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, 42, a Mozambican national, and […] The post Zambia Police Foil Plot Against President Hichile…

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Zambia Police Foil Plot Against President Hichilema, Arrest Two Suspects - The Zambian Observer

A "groundbreaking" law against witchcraft called "The Witchcraft Act" is being used in Zambia to target opponents of President Hichilema.

Ένας «πρωτοποριακός» νόμος ενάντια στη μαγεία με την ονομασία «The Witchcraft Act» χρησιμοποιείται στη Ζάμπια για να πλήξει τους αντιπάλους του προέδρου Χιτσιλέμα.

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