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Attorney-General, Mulilo Kabesha, has rejected allegations that government officers were responsible for a shooting incident in which Kanyama businesswoman, Maureen Mwape, claims she was struck by a stray bullet fired from a police-issued AK-47 rifle.
Mwape has sued the Attorney-General and the Zambia Police Service in the Lusaka High Court, seeking K1.5 million in compensation for assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
She alleged that on 14 July 2024, a stray bullet fired by a police officer tore through the roof of her house and lodged in her lower right abdomen.
But in a defence filed before the High Court, the Attorney-General argued that the State had no record of any gun being fired by police in the area on that day.
According to the defence, checks at Kanyama Police Station “established that there were no reports of expended ammunition at Kanyama Police Station, nor any incident indicating discharge of an AK-47 assault rifle by police officers.”
The State said it responded to Mwape’s complaint through formal channels, including a written reply dated 4 November 2024, and “denied each and every allegation set out in the statement of claim.”
In her statement of claim, Mwape said that on the morning of 13 July 2024, a bullet penetrated her abdomen, prompting emergency treatment at Kanyama Level One Hospital before she was rushed to the University Teaching Hospital, where the pellet was surgically removed about 15 hours later.
She said the extracted pellet remains in her custody as evidence.
Mwape further stated that she had suffered physical trauma, psychological distress, and loss of income from her trading business, which previously generated about K19,000 per month.
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