Zambia elections: Top opposition figures arrested days after presidential vote
- Security forces in Zambia have seized weapons and arrested 11 people, including senior opposition figures, allegedly involved in an insurrection plot, the government has said.
- The leading opposition candidate in last Thursday's presidential election, Brian Mundubile, was also found at the scene of the raid in the capital, Lusaka, according to the country's top civil servant Patrick Kangwa.
- Mundubile described Friday night's raid as "an attempt on my life" adding that "colleagues were shot" in his presence.
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- Security forces in Zambia have seized weapons and arrested 11 people, including senior opposition figures, allegedly involved in an insurrection plot, the government has said.
- The leading opposition candidate in last Thursday's presidential election, Brian Mundubile, was also found at the scene of the raid in the capital, Lusaka, according to the country's top civil servant Patrick Kangwa.
- Mundubile described Friday night's raid as "an attempt on my life" adding that "colleagues were shot" in his presence.
Sources: BBC News