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Rights group says police must investigate killing of Kuanda’s son

    JOHANNESBURG

    The international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on the Zambian authorities to launch an “immediate and comprehensive investigation” into the assassination of the son of Zambia’s main opposition leader and former president, Kenneth Kaunda.

    His son, Major Wezi Kaunda, was killed by gunmen on Wednesday night as he returned to his residence in the Zambian capital, Lusaka. “If the Zambia police fail to initiate an immediate and full investigation into the killing of a leading politician, political violence in Zambia is going to continue,” Peter Takirambudde executive director for Africa at HRW said. “Justice must be served for the immediate victims of this attack, as well as for the entire population of Zambia,” he added.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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