A former minister is dead after being shot dead

A former Zambian minister was killed during a security raid on a property linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile, police have confirmed.

Mutotwe Kafwaya was fatally wounded during what authorities described as an exchange of fire between law enforcement officers and unknown individuals in Lusaka on Friday, a day after Zambia’s presidential election.

According to the BBC on Thursday, police said the raid was carried out by a joint security task force and resulted in the arrest of 11 people. Authorities accused Mundubile’s political alliance of involvement in insurgency and militia activity and said weapons had been recovered during the operation.

Mundubile, who has since gone into hiding, rejected the allegations as “total fabrications”. He also said he had not been informed of Kafwaya’s whereabouts after the former minister was shot during the raid.

In a statement confirming Kafwaya’s death, police said security forces encountered “gunfire and resistance from unknown individuals, resulting in [them] returning fire”.

“In the process one unidentified male person was fatally wounded, and the firearm was recovered,” police said, adding that Kafwaya was later identified by members of his family.