SECURITY GUARD SHOOTS AT FIVE DOUBTING THOMASES

By Scoop Correspondent  

FIVE employees of Simba Beverages in Lusaka are nursing gunshot wounds after they made a mockery of their security guard whom they said was aimlessly moving with a toy which he claims is a shotgun.

What started as an inquiry from the five on whether what the security guard was holding was a real gun or not ended into a nightmare as the man opened fire on them.

Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale says police investigations indicate that the five, all men, aged between 22 and 27, were asking the guard if his firearm was real or a toy.

Mr. Mwale says it is alleged that the security guard, in trying to prove that he was not holding a toy, pointed the gun at the five before firing at them.

“They all sustained serious gunshot wounds and were rushed to the University Teaching Hospital for medical attention. Two are still receiving treatment while three others were attended to and later discharged. They are all reported to be in a stable condition.

“The incident happened around 04:00 hours at Simba Beverages in Lusaka’s Chinika area. Police have detained the 40-year-old security guard identified as Augustine Chisano of Kanyama compound while the shotgun has been kept in safe custody as investigations are still ongoing,” Mr. Mwale said.