Police on the Copperbelt Province have identified the body that was found in a black trunk with missing body parts of a 34-year-old Fred Kapuku Junior, a medical student at Copperbelt University.<\/p>\n
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Copperbelt Province Police Commanding Officer, Pathias Siandenge in a statement made available to ZANIS said Fred was last seen on Saturday, August 16, 2025, driving his Toyota Mark X black in color, which is now missing.<\/p>\n
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Mr Siadenge said Fred’s cell phone is also missing.<\/p>\n
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He said the police are actively investigating the case, and working to apprehend the culprits.<\/p>\n
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According to Police Commanding Officer\u00a0facts of the case are that on August 18,2025\u00a0in the morning at around 06.00 hours, the community of Chiminwa area in Lima Posa Ward discovered a black trunk along Jonken road stuffed with a body of a human being inside.<\/p>\n
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“A report was immediately made to their ward councilor Luckson Filongwe who also made a report to the police,” he said.<\/p>\n
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Mr Siandenge\u00a0said upon receiving the report, the police rushed to the scene along Jonken road which is off Ndola Kitwe Dual Carriage Way that demarcates Kitwe and Luanshya.<\/p>\n
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He said at the scene, police observed a black trunk on the road which was closed adding that upon opening it, a body of a male person was found stuffed in the same trunk.<\/p>\n
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“The body had no head, and both legs had been cut off on the lower limbs.<\/p>\n
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The cuts looked so fresh and some burns were visibly seen on the chest”, he said.<\/p>\n
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Mr Siandenge said\u00a0while still at the scene, information from Ndola Hillcrest Police was received that they found two human legs and a head near Hillcrest Clinic in Ndola.<\/p>\n
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The body was then taken to Kitwe Central Teaching Hospital Mortuary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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