Police in Lusaka are investigating the brutal murder of two Zambia National Service (ZNS) soldiers, Mwila Sonkwe and Potipher Tembo, one of whom reportedly had his hands severed.

Sources indicate that the bodies of the soldiers were partially charred and found beside their government-issued AK-47 assault rifles. The two were on duty at the Service’s Furniture Factory in Lusaka West when the incident occurred.

According to Brigadier General Mable Mulenga, ZNS Chief of Public Relations and Liaison, the soldiers, both experienced, were discovered unresponsive near heavy machinery at the factory. She added that the exact cause of the incident remains under investigation, with factory management and authorities working to determine what led to the deaths.

Preliminary police investigations su

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