Police in Chama district of Muchinga province have arrested two people of the same village for allegedly killing a 17 –year-old pregnant woman identified as Lucy Zimba.
The two suspects are alleged to have killed a pregnant woman by
stabbing her to death with a knife and removed a live baby boy from
her womb in a rare incident that has stunned the entire district.
The Baby boy was given to Esther Nkhata, 48, a house wife who has been struggling to have a child by the Herbalist Matthews Nkhata, 40 of Mutayachalo Village whom she engaged to assist her conceive.
Muchinga Province Deputy Police Commissioner Chilije Nyirenda
confirmed the incident to the Zambia News and Information Services
(ZANIS) in Chinsali.
Mr. Nyirenda says police after thorough investigations on Sunday
around 07:00 hours discovered the body of the deceased which was found about 5 kilometres away from the Boma in the hills in a de-composited state.
It is alleged that Esther had been having problems with her husband for failing to conceive and decided to consult a traditional healer so that she can bore a child.
Esther has narrated that the herbalist told her to find a pregnant woman who is about to deliver and take her to him if only her problem of not having a child could come to an end.
Esther went to Chama Community District Hospital and managed to convince Lucy Zimba that she will help her to deliver outside hospital.
Zimba landed in the hands of the traditional healer where she was
later killed using a knife and a live baby boy removed from her womb and given to Esther.
Lucy Zimba went missing on July 24 2013 around 13:00hrs.
Mr. Nyirenda has further added that the deceased was admitted at Chama Community District Hospital awaiting delivery before she met her fate.
The mutilated body of Lucy has since been buried and suspects are remanded in custody.