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Kitwe mourners beatup gravediggers

Kitwe mourners beatup gravediggers
By Correspondent
Thursday March 13, 2008 [03:00]

GRAVEDIGGERS at Kitwe’s Chingola Road cemetery were on Monday morning beaten up by mourners after they stopped them from burying their deceased relative at the high cost site. Kitwe City Council public relations officer Dorothy Sampa said the mourners beat up the gravediggers after they were advised that they could not bury their deceased relative at the high cost site unless they paid a certain amount of money. Sampa said the mourners went to the cemetery in a light truck registration number ACH 9498,.

“Yes, I can confirm that our gravediggers were beaten up by some mourners who wanted to bury their deceased relative at the high cost. The mourners wanted to bury their deceased relative at the high cost site, but they were advised that they needed to pay a certain amount of money but in turn the mourners ran amok and started beating up grave diggers,” she said.

Sampa said it was sad that mourners could fail to reason with gravediggers and resort to violence and physical confrontation.

She said the matter had since been reported to Mindolo police and appealed to residents to follow procedures on policy issues.

She said the people that dig graves were doing a commendable job as it was not an easy task and therefore needed to be supported.

“The people who prepare our final resting place are doing a good job and deserve to be respected for the good job they were doing, but it is saddening that some people could go to the cemetery and start beating up our gravediggers. This is very barbaric and inhuman. We have since reported the matter to Mindolo police station,” said Sampa.

Labels: KITWE CITY COUNCIL

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