BCP advocates arming police :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has strongly condemned a series of recent violent attacks on members of the Botswana Police Service, calling for urgent national attention to what it describes as “an affront to the security of the nation and its citizens”.

Delivering a statement in Parliament recently, acting Leader of Opposition (LOO), and Member of Parliament (MP) for Bobirwa, Taolo Lucas, decried the escalating trend of brutality directed towards on-duty police officers, citing two particularly gruesome incidents that occurred within a short space of time.

“On Friday, 25th July 2025, social media was flooded with disturbing images of a blood-soaked police officer who had been hacked on the head with an axe in Mmathethe whilst conducting an investigation. This came shortly after another attack in Molepolole, where an officer was viciously assaulted during a routine traffic stop whilst in full uniform,” Lucas recounted.

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