Incidents of juveniles engaging in lawbreaking such as assault are on the rise, with a magistrate urging parents to take charge of their young children to prevent raising villains.
A child welfare inspector told Lusaka magistrate Exildah Nsunge-Chanda on Friday that the number of cases involving children engaging in fights is sadly on the raise.
“It’s disheartening that cases of children involving themselves in fights in the country have become rampant,” child welfare inspector Susan Chilumba said.
Ms Chilumba was appearing before the magistrate to give social welfare reports and recommendations for several child offenders facing criminal charges.
One of the reports she gave involved two teenagers accused of punching, kicking and hitting a man with an axe and threatening to burn his shop.
Another report was about a child who assaulted a victim with a plank and stone in the head.
Zambia Daily Mail
