PROMINENT Zambian politician and former cabinet minister Derrick Chitala was attacked and beaten about the head during a raid by 15 gunmen on his Lusaka home, police said on Saturday. Chitala survived the attack but suffered head injuries. The armed men stormed Chitala’s house in the upmarket suburb of Ibex Hill early on Friday morning. The politician managed to disarm one of his attackers before others beat him on his head. The attack on Chitala came just two weeks after the murder of Paul Tembo, a former aide of President Frederick Chiluba, at his house, also in Ibex Hill, and in more or less similar circumstances. – AFP