“They allegedly assaulted Dimba, inflicting a cut to his head and damaged a Mitsubishi Triton registration number BAZ 5004 belonging to Mwamba,” Chilabi said. Police dismissed circulating social media rumours that the musician had died, and confirmed that a machete recovered at the scene had been retained as an exhibit. Suspected UPND supporters attempted to block the campaign convoy of NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile, resulting in stone-throwing between the two groups before the confrontation was brought under control. President Hakainde Hichilema condemned both incidents in a statement posted on his Facebook page, warning that political violence would not be tolerated regardless of who was responsible. NRPUP figures have pushed back against suggestions that the party or its sympathisers are behind coordinated violence.