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Calm Returns to Zambian Capital After Two Burned Alive in Riots
- Two people were burned alive amid shop lootings in the capital
- Police and army have quelled riots targeting mainly Rwandans
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Calm returned to Zambia’s capital following two days of riots and looting targeting mainly Rwandan shop-owners that left two people dead, the government said.
The authorities sent in the army to support the more than 1,000 police officers deployed to prevent further unrest, Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila told lawmakers in Lusaka Wednesday. While the attacks initially targeted foreigners, Zambians also fell victim to the violence, with two of them burned to death on Monday, police said.