United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Laura Lo Castro

FOREIGN nationals, among them Zimbabweans, were forced to seek refuge at police stations in parts of the Zambian capital, Lusaka, following what has been seen as an outbreak of xenophobic attacks. The attacks were sparked by reports that foreigners had been arrested in connection with alleged ritual killings. This sparked riots which saw locals going on a looting spree of mostly foreign-owned shops and attacking foreigners especially Rwandan nationals. Zimbabwean nationals resident in Lusaka sent…