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Africa News of Thursday, 25 July 2024

    

Source: BBC

Shooting of broadcasting regulator boss shocks Zambians

Guntila Muleya was appointed to head the IBA in May Guntila Muleya was appointed to head the IBA in May

Police are investigating the abduction and murder of Zambia’s newly appointed broadcasting regulator chief.

Guntila Muleya’s body was discovered on the outskirts of the capital, Lusaka, on Wednesday with gunshot wounds.

His death has shocked people especially as the motive is unknown and as gun violence is not common in the southern African nation.

Police believe the director general of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was kidnapped after leaving work on Tuesday.

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