GASSING: PROBE UPND 2017 CHEMICAL LINKS

… Suspects in previous terror attacks might help lead to masterminders.

ALL UPND suspects arrested after being found with potassium permanganate during the torching of markets and individuals who promised Armageddon should be probed because the current gassing has a linkage to the calamities that befell the country a few years ago, Chinsali Member of Parliament Kalalwe Mukosa has said.

Four UPND cadres who were charged with two counts of being in possession of offensive weapons namely glycerine and potassium permanganate in 2017 were set free by Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya after she established that the prosecution failed to prove its case against the accused beyond all reasonable doubt.

In her judgment Magistrate Munyinya ruled that glycerin was not an explosive weapon to warrant the conviction of the suspects.

Mr Mukosa said investigative wings should find the source of the chemicals and trail this Armageddon to fish out masterminders.

He said in an interview that the current acts of terror were sponsored, well organised and were not spontaneous.

Mr Mukosa said all the suspects in the previous acts of terror including unscrupulous individuals who promised the nation Armageddon and those with bounties on their heads should be rounded up to help with investigations.

He said the current happenings were preconceived years back and were obviously funded by imperialists instigating regime change in Zambia.

Mr Mukosa advised that going back into history and interviewing individuals who had promised mayhem and those who were suspected to have masterminded acts of terror would help expose the syndicate behind the current lawlessness. He advised law enforcement agencies not to leave any stone unturned during this investigation and ensure that institutions were not compromised.

Mr Mukosa said the current acts of terror should be trailed back to similar happenings and relook into who the main suspected culprits were because there was a high possibility that the same cartel was involved. “This is a well-organised, sponsored and non-spontaneous attack on the state and has strong links to previous acts of terror. There is a high possibility it’s the same syndicate involved,” he said.

And Mr Mukosa advised his constituents and the nation to allow law enforcers to do their job.