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| Zambia police tear gas opposition leader Mwamba's home | Zambia police tear gas opposition leader Mwamba's home |
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| Zambian police have fired tear gas and made 28 arrests during a raid on the home of opposition vice-presidential candidate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba. | |
| Officers were looking for people they allege had vandalised election posters and fled to the property. | Officers were looking for people they allege had vandalised election posters and fled to the property. |
| A police spokesman said petrol bombs were also found, but Mr Mwamba's party has said they were planted. | A police spokesman said petrol bombs were also found, but Mr Mwamba's party has said they were planted. |
| There have been growing concerns over political violence in Zambia ahead of next month's general election. | There have been growing concerns over political violence in Zambia ahead of next month's general election. |
| The raid comes just two days after a ban on political campaigning in parts of the country had been lifted, reports the BBC's Meluse Kapatamoyo from the capital, Lusaka. | |
| Mr Mwamba, who was not in the house in Kasama in the country's Northern Province at time, said his grandchildren were injured during the raid. | Mr Mwamba, who was not in the house in Kasama in the country's Northern Province at time, said his grandchildren were injured during the raid. |
| "My small grandchildren have been taken to hospital as they have been victims of this barbaric act carried out by the police," he said in a post on his Facebook page. | "My small grandchildren have been taken to hospital as they have been victims of this barbaric act carried out by the police," he said in a post on his Facebook page. |
| Mr Mwamba is the running mate of Hakainde Hichilema, the presidential candidate of the United Party for National Development (UPND) party. | |
| Northern Province Police Commissioner Bonnie Kapeso said the police officers had to use tear gas in order to get the people they were chasing out of the house. | Northern Province Police Commissioner Bonnie Kapeso said the police officers had to use tear gas in order to get the people they were chasing out of the house. |
| He added that five petrol bombs were found as well as spears and machetes. | |
| The UPND said in a statement that "the items allegedly found were only recovered once the house was cleared. We know these have been planted".Zambians go to the poll on 11 August to elect a president and a new parliament. | |
| Incumbent President Edgar Lungu, from the Patriotic Front, is facing a tough challenge from Mr Hichilema. | Incumbent President Edgar Lungu, from the Patriotic Front, is facing a tough challenge from Mr Hichilema. |