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Three Chinese Nationals Murdered and Their Lusaka Warehouse Burned in Apparent Robbery

The fire department in the Zambian capital Lusaka responded on Sunday to a blaze at a warehouse in the Makeni district. When they arrived on the scene they discovered the aftermath of a brutal homicide. Three Chinese nationals were killed in what police say was a robbery.

Two of the victims were reportedly killed by a machete that was later found inside and the third victim apparently died in the warehouse fire.

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