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Eleven suspects escape from Zambian police station

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Eleven suspects, including ten facing murder charges, escaped from Lufwanyama police station after a power cut in Zambia. They cut through window bars between 10.45pm on 30 October and 1.10am on 31 October, according to Copperbelt police commissioner Edwin Kaluba, quoted by News Diggers.

Eleven suspects escaped from Lufwanyama police station in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, including ten facing murder charges, after a power cut, provincial police commissioner Edwin Kaluba said. The escape took place between 10.45pm on 30 October and 1.10am on 31 October 2026, when the detainees cut through the bars of a window at the back of the police station.

Inspector Tembo Gracious, the police officer on duty at the time, reported the escape at 1.10am on 31 October, according to the police report cited by News Diggers. The eleven suspects had been in police custody before their escape.

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