– 21 year old police officer accidently shoots self in Lundazi District

21 year old police officer accidently shoots self in Lundazi District

Lundazi,   June 22, 2013,  ZANIS —   A twenty one year old Police Constable is fighting for his life in Lundazi District hospital after he accidently shot himself on the left chest and left arm.

ZANIS  reports that Lundazi District Officer Commanding  Felix Ngoma confirmed the incident in an interview in Lundazi, today.

Mr. Ngoma  named the Police Officer  as Constable Michael Moba,a newly recruit, employed recently by government.

The District Officer Commanding Mr Felix Ngoma disclosed that the incident happened yesterday Friday around 09.00hrs, when the Officer Michael Moba was on official duty guarding Barclay Bank, Lundazi branch when his gun accidently went of, injuring him.

District Officer Commanding Mr Felix Ngoma has since rude out any suicide motive, said the incident was purely an accident.

And Lundazi District Hospital Medical Officer in- charge Paul Mulenga  said that Michael Moba sustained two entry wounds on the left side of the chest, left lung and left arm.

Dr Paul Mulenga said the patient  didn’t sustained major internal organ injuries saying apart from his left lung, left chest and left arm, the patient was taken for X-rays before being operated on, to establish if there was no any bullet remaining in the body.

The Medical Officer has since described the condition of Police Constable Michael Moba as stable and out of danger  he has been put on observation.