A Zambian court has sentenced two men to two years of imprisonment with hard labor for conspiring to use witchcraft to assassinate President Hakainde Hichilema. The case represents a rare application of the country's longstanding Witchcraft Act.
Prosecutors stated that Leonard Phiri and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde were recruited for the plot by a former member of parliament, Nelson Banda, who is currently a fugitive. The two defendants were apprehended last December after being found in possession of items allegedly intended for the ritual, which included a live chameleon.
In delivering the verdict, Magistrate Fine Mayambu declared that the convicted individuals were not solely a threat to the head of state but were also "enemies of all Zambians."
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