A mother whose child had died caused a stir at the BID section when she refused to have the body taken to the mortuary, saying wants to go with it to a prophet for possible resurrection.
The child died on their way to University Teaching Hospitals (UTH).
The woman, who was in the company of her husband and relatives, resisted the police’s advice to have the body taken to the mortuary after her eight-year-old child was certified dead.
The mother argued with her husband, who pleaded with her to accept the fate of their child and allow the body to be taken to the mortuary.
The argument turned into a centre of attraction with onlookers, trying to reason with the woman, but they could not come to an agreement on what to do with the child’s body.
The police then allowed her to go with the body to see her prophet in Lusaka’s Chilenje Township.
The incident happened on Thursday at UTH around 20:00 hours. The child is said to have succumbed to a week-long illness.