KIGEZI REGION – Police in Kanungu district have launched investigations into circumstances surrounding the death of a 24 Year Old Man who was found murdered in Maffugga Central Forest Reserve.
The deceased is Niwampire Denis a resident of Nyamugari Cell, Maffugga Parish, Rutenga Sub County in Kanungu District.
It’s alleged that the deceased, a known habitual thief had disappeared from his home about a month and believed that his disappearance was linked to his habit of stealing from peoples’ homes and gardens and this he feared to be arrested.
That he started hiding in Maffugga Central Forest Reserve where he also had a small Irish Potato garden. On that fateful day, he was seen stealing Irish potatoes from a nearby garden of Maama Powel a resident of Kerere Village in Rubanda district. That’s when locals descended on him and was lynched.
The Police were notified, visited and documented and crime scene and postmortem examination was done at the crime scene and the body handed over to the relatives for descent burial.
The Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson Asp Elly Maate confirmed the incident stressing that no arrests have been done yet, no exhibit recovered but inquiries are still at hand.
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