KATANGA

By SYLVIA MWEETWA –
A TWENTY-THREE year-old Chambishi woman  is  nursing  serious injuries  after she  was  allegedly raped  by  four  men who later inserted  broken pieces  of glass into her  private parts .
Copperbelt  Provincial  police chief Charity Katanga said  police have apprehended one  person to assist with  investigations into the matter.
The mother to the  victim is now asking for financial  help to  allow  her  daughter  undergo  specialized treatment because  her womb has been extensively damaged and she was only able to pass urine through a tube.
She appealed for help  yesterday when  Kalulushi Mayor Rashid Mulenga visited her and she asked Government and well-wishers to help her daughter seek specialist treatment to restore her damaged organs.
The barbaric act hours has left the victim, who is an unable to walk with serious
injuries, including a damaged rectum, forcing her to pass waste through inserted tubes.
The victim was attacked  when she went to watch a musician at one of the entertainment centres in the district.
The four men allegedly dragged her from the centre to the nearby  bush where they took turns in raping her, before dumping her in a drainage within the same area.
The mother  explained that she was surprised that  her daughter  did not return home  on February 2 only to  receive  a phone call from the police about her daughter.
She said her daughter was later referred to Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH), where she underwent  medical treatment including an operation because her private parts were extensively damaged.
Ms Mulenga  called on police in Chambishi to ensure that all those involved  in the crime were arrested and brought to book.
She described the  acts as  barbaric and inhuman and that it should not be tolerated in a country, which was a Christian nation.
And Ms Katanga said police have picked up one person  in connection with the rape case while three others are still on the run and identified him as Felix Mbewe, 20, of house number 9, Buseko street Chambishi.
She said  investigations have  continued  to bring to book those involved.