Noticias sobre las armas de fuego
Zambia
Zambian Man Injures Daughter, Nephew in Accidental Shooting
1 May 2014
UK Zambians
A trigger happy man on Sunday caused panic at a funeral house when a firearm he had put in his pocket after firing casually in the air accidentally went off, shooting and wounding his 14-year-old daughter and nephew in Mumbwa.
The man of Lusaka's Kanyama township, identified as Allan Ngwenya, 52, is alleged to have fired in the air at the funeral house before putting his pistol, an Austria, serial number VAK 951, which had eight rounds of ammunition in his pocket... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zambia
Zambia Cop Kills Lover, Commits Suicide with Duty Weapon
17 August 2013
Times of Zambia
A Livingstone police officer has shot his girlfriend dead before turning the firearm on himself, Southern Province Police chief Charity Katanga has said.
Pukutani Banda, 54, is alleged to have quarrelled with his girlfriend before the shooting occurred.
Mr Banda of Muzukung'ombe Police Camp, who was based at Livingstone Central Police, shot himself dead with a revolver around 11:50 hours yesterday.
This was after killing his girlfriend, identified as Margaret... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zambia
Zambia Minister Asks Police to Revive Gun Amnesty to Reduce Crime
12 May 2013
Times of Zambia
Home Affairs Minister Edgar Lungu has urged the Zambia Police Service to revive the gun amnesty and buy-back schemes to reduce the number of illicit firearms in Zambia.
Mr Lungu said the police should seriously look into the increased misuse of firearms that were mostly smuggled into Zambia.
He said this when he officiated at the opening of Kanele Shopping Mall and Kanele Enterprise yesterday.
"The regulations of firearms dealing are continuously being stiffened both... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zambia
Zambia Security Guard Shoots Self in Leg at Shopping Mall
18 August 2012
Times (Zambia)
A security guard from Armguard Security Company yesterday accidentally shot himself in the leg in a bizarre incident at Great East Mall in Chipata, Eastern Province.
The guard, who has been identified as Tazman Siyamboni, was on duty providing security to bank officials who were loading money in the Automated Teller Machines (ATM) when he accidentally pulled the trigger of a green rifle gun and shot himself in the leg.
The incident happened in full view of some... (GunPolicy.org)
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Brazil Arms Exports: Country Preaches Peace, Sells Tons of Arms
28 February 2012
Huffington Post (USA)
A small, scratched metal can thrown on the ground created Brazil's first diplomatic embarrassment of 2012. The canister of tear gas had been collected by pro-democracy activists in Bahrain. Stamped across the can in blue was a Brazilian flag and the words 'MADE IN BRAZIL.'
One year had passed since Bahrain became the stage for pro-democracy protests by the majority Shiites against the Sunni monarchy commanded by king Hamad bin-Isa Khalifa. The protesters had been... (GunPolicy.org)
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Brazilian Gun Industry Seeks New Markets: Africa and Asia [PT]
27 January 2012
Publica (Brazil)
[Translated summary: With the support of the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs, Brazilian gun manufacturers seek new markets in countries with a history of human rights violations: Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines and Yemen. Brazil is among the six countries in the world with annual exports exceeding $ 100 million, according to recent research from Small Arms Survey. According to the Army, responsible for supervising and controlling exports from 2005 to... (GunPolicy.org)
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Africa: Analysis: How Best to Remove Guns from Post-conflict Zones?
28 July 2011
IRIN (UN News)
JOHANNESBURG - Cash for guns or buy-back programmes in post-conflict states have fallen out of favour as a method of ridding a society of weapons, and have been replaced by often elaborate schemes designed to remove money from the equation, but the debate continues as to the best way forward.
The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) community has grappled for years with buy-back practices and acknowledges they can have a profound effect on the nature of... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zambia
Illegal Firearms Targeted by Gun Amnesty in Zambia's Western Province
16 September 2009
Post (Zambia)
SENANGA — Western Province permanent secretary Ikanuke Noyoo has appealed to people with illegal firearms in the province to surrender them to the government since the amnesty was still in place.
In interview, Noyoo said that Western Province's Shangombo, Kalabo and Kaoma were the worst affected districts with illegal firearms in civilian hands.
"The Minister of Home Affairs has already put in place a programme to dispatch security personnel to these areas so that... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zimbabwe,China,Sudáfrica,Mozambique,Angola,Namibia,Zambia
Chinese Ammunition 'Ship of Shame' Adrift in Southern African Controversy
22 April 2008
IRIN (UN News)
JOHANNESBURG — There were conflicting reports about the whereabouts of a Chinese ship, laden with a cargo of small arms destined for Zimbabwe, after it was turned away from South Africa's port city of Durban.
According to some reports, the 150-metre multipurpose cargo vessel, the An Yue Jiang - registered in China and one of 600 vessels owned by the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), dubbed by South African media as the "Ship of Shame" — is now en route to the... (GunPolicy.org)
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Southern African Ports Shun Ship Carrying Guns to Zimbabwe; US Agrees
22 April 2008
Los Angeles Times / Chicago Tribune
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Public outcries have forced a rusty Chinese cargo ship to avoid South Africa, Mozambique and Angola, leaving it at sea Tuesday with 77 tons of munitions bound for Zimbabwe, where an election crisis has reportedly turned violent.
The An Yue Jiang was carrying about 3 million rounds of Chinese ammunition, 1,500 rockets and 3,000 mortar shells. The State Department's top Africa envoy, who is to arrive in the region today, will urge... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zambia
Zambian Police to Lock Their Guns Away, Stay Unarmed During Polling
22 August 2006
Times of Zambia (Ndola)
Inspector General of Police Ephraim Mateyo has directed that officers manning polling stations during next month's tripartite elections should not be armed.
The move would ensure members of the public to vote freely and without intimidation.
Mr Mateyo said at a Press briefing in Lusaka yesterday, that his office was aware that some people got intimidated just by seeing an armed police officer.
He directed all commanding officers to ensure that officers were not armed... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zambia
Guns are Bad for Health, Says Surgeon
8 December 2005
BBC World Service / The World Today
Dr Robert Mtonga is a trauma surgeon in Zambia. He explains what happens when a gunshot victim comes to the operating room.
Trauma is a big chunk of the work here. In respect to gunshot injuries, the most important thing, obviously, is to keep them alive.
So we maintain the airway — make sure they are breathing; make sure the blood is circulating. These are the first things you look at, the first so-called "Golden Hour". Then we sort out the wounds.
You then... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tighter Gun Control on Southern African Borders
30 September 2005
Independent (South Africa)
Twenty-six police members of Southern African Development Community member countries have completed special training in the cross-border control of illegal firearms and ammunition.
The group received their certificates of competence on Friday after completing a month-long course, the SA Police Service said in a statement.
The training was aimed at equipping police members to take part in exercises to combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of firearms and... (GunPolicy.org)
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Zambia
35 Guns Seized at Random Lusaka Roadblocks
3 December 2004
Times of Zambia (Ndola)
Police in Lusaka recovered over 35 assorted firearms from motorists at various checkpoints last month, Lusaka Province police chief Chendela Musonda, has said.
Mr Musonda said several people were arrested at roadblocks in connection with the recovered firearms.
And Home Affairs Minister, Ronnie Shikapwasha, has defended the numerous roadblocks in the capital, which he said were meant to check the alarming cases of armed robberies.
Lieutenant-General Shikapwasha... (GunPolicy.org)
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