Emeute à Lupa (Chunya) après la mort d’un jeune – 4 mars 2012

Villagers riot as police beat, ‘kill’ student

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By Brandy Nelson

Sunday, 04 March 2012 The Citizen Correspondent

Mbeya. There are reports of a riotthat ensued on Friday evening between the police and residents of Lupa village in Chunya District, Mbeya Region, over the death of a Lupa Tinga Tinga Secondary School Form Two student.It was alleged that the police killed the student, Said Msabaha, after beating him up over accusations that he had stolen a mobile phone; whereby in retaliation, the villagers stormed and destroyed the out police post.

Eye witnesses told The Citizen on Sunday that angry villagers stormed and temporarily seized the out police post, ripping-off its roof, destroying the communication system including the Radio Call set, and a solar panel that powered it, before setting on fire three houses, two of which belonged to police officers and one to the man whose phone was allegedly stolen.Mbeya Regional Police commander, Advocate Nyombi, said from the scene yesterday that what the people did was illegal, and that the police have launched investigations.“The post-mortem will establish whether it was the police who caused the death of the student,” he said. Read more …

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