A Tanzanian businessman has been arrested for allegedly shooting Zambian soldiers who were on their routine training last friday.

The Tanzanian man has been identified as a 36 year old Samir Sallah, of Lubuto West Township in Ndola.

According to reports, Sallah wanted to pass through where the soldiers where doing their routine trainings at Mukolwe Commando road in the area.

When he was asked to go back, he did not hesitate but pulling out his gun and shoot the soldiers as if that was not enough he wanted to run them over with his car.

He will appear before court to answer charges levelled against him soon.