Zambia: Hundreds attend funeral for student killed fighting in Ukraine
Hundreds of people attended a memorial service in Lusaka on Tuesday (Jan. 23) for a Zambian student who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine as Tanzania confirmed the death of another student who was also recruited in a Russian jail.
Family members broke down as they filed past the coffin of Lemekani Nyirenda at Lusaka's Baptist church, where the 23-year-old was a regular worshipper before moving to Russia to study nuclear engineering.
Nyirenda was recruited by Russia's Wagner mercenary group last year while serving a nine-and-a-half year jail term for a drug offence and sent to fight in Ukraine.
Zambia: Hundreds attend funeral for student killed fighting in Ukraine [Jan. 23rd, 2023]
by Ragnarok
Jan 25, 2023
Zambia: Hundreds attend funeral for student killed fighting in Ukraine
Hundreds of people attended a memorial service in Lusaka on Tuesday (Jan. 23) for a Zambian student who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine as Tanzania confirmed the death of another student who was also recruited in a Russian jail.
Family members broke down as they filed past the coffin of Lemekani Nyirenda at Lusaka's Baptist church, where the 23-year-old was a regular worshipper before moving to Russia to study nuclear engineering.
Nyirenda was recruited by Russia's Wagner mercenary group last year while serving a nine-and-a-half year jail term for a drug offence and sent to fight in Ukraine.
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