A Zambian soldier identified as Pathias Mwape has killed his wife after he discovered that two of his children were fathered by his superior officer.

“Rumors have been going on for sometimes, all we know is that the wife was sleeping with one of our bosses. It is believed those two children are for our boss but he raised them to date. He was mad, in the morning after shooting his wife he left looking for the boss. He wanted to shoot him too but fortunate enough, the boss was not home together with his wife and children ” a soldier source said.

“When he went for peacekeeping some years back, one of our bosses used to go and sleep in their house. It’s a well-known story. The top bosses know about it and we are waiting to see if the cause of this problem will be punished according to our guiding command procedures.”

An officer at Kabwe Chindwin Barracks has revealed further that military bosses in barracks are fond of sleeping with wives of their juniors.