By White Luhanga
A 12-year-old Grade 4 pupil at Kambeteka Primary School in Chief Magodi of Chasefu District has allegedly taken her own lífe by hàngíng himself on a guava tree.
The incident occurred between Thursday, 24th July 2025, around 17:00 hrs, and Friday, 25th July 2025, around 06:00 hrs at Ruben village.
Eastern Province Police Commissioner Robertson Mweemba confirmed the development.
On Thursday, July 24, 2025, at around 12:00 hrs, the father, Ruben Banda aged 44, went to ask for a bicycle in a nearby village, while the mother, Chapasi Sakala aged 38, went to attend a meeting at Kambeteka Primary School, leaving the now deceased at home with his elder brothers.
Mr. Mweemba says that around 17:00 hours, Mapopa, now the deceased, told one of his elder brothers that he was going to Zibulo village, within Chasefu, about 400 meters away, to play with his friends.
He says from the time Mapopa went out, he did not return home until Friday, 25th July 2025, around 06:00 hrs, when he was found dead, hàngíng in a guava tree about 80 meters to the east of his home, by his sister-in-law, Towela Mumba, aged 25, who had gone to cut some grass at the fields near Ruben village.
He says that police officers visited the scene and found the deceased bódy of Mapopa Banda still hàngíng on the guava tree, and that no physical injuries were noted.
The deceased’s body has been deposited into Chasefu Mini Hospital mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of death.
He says that an inquiry file has since been opened.
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Zambia Reports 2025