Ex-Zambian minister killed in security raid on opposition

Mutotwe Kafwaya's death was confirmed days after a raid by security forces A former Zambian minister was killed in last week's raid by security forces on a house linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile a day after the presidential election, the authorities have said. A police spokesman said Mutotwe Kafwaya was fatally wounded by law enforcement officers during what officials have described as an exchange of fire in a security operation in the capital, Lusaka, on Friday. Eleven people were arrested in the raid, with the authorities accusing Mundubile's party, the NRPUP, of being "involved in insurgency" and "militia activity" and storing "high-grade" weapons. Mundubile, who has since gone into hiding, rejected the allegations as "total fabrications". According to official results, incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term with a 60% share of the vote.

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They said the 49-year-old was killed in a shootout during the raid by a joint security task force, adding that they encountered "gunfire and resistance from unknown individuals, resulting in [them] returning fire". "In the process one unidentified male person was fatally wounded, and the firearm was recovered," the police said, adding that family members had subsequently identified him. David Dimbleby tells the story of how America became a superpower Tuck into a fresh series of Celebrity MasterChef Anna Williamson puts Joe Marler on the therapist's couch Travelodge boss resigns as chain tackles security after sex assault at hotel Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet School 'deeply saddened' by death of family in sea off Shoreham Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears Vaccine breakthrough stops cancer returning in trial Anger and fear over 'dangerous' illegal e-motorbike riders People smuggler exposed by BBC investigation arrested and charged I quit my £80,000 job to make ice cream - here's how.

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