SHEEMA – Police in Sheema district are hunting for 2 men over aggravated robbery, rape and abduction of a 26 year old woman.
The victime is Nahwera Patience resident of Kitagata Central, Marembo ward, Kitagata Towncouncil in Sheema District. The accused persons are just known by face.
Its said that on the 5th of May 2024 the victim left Mbarara City at around 7:30pm going to Kitagata. She reached Ishaka at around 9pm where he got a boda boda man who told her that he had one passenger so he can take two of them as they were heading the same direction (Kitagata).
Its further said after reaching Kitabi, the boda boda man stopped claiming that the fuel was used up, he pumped air they continued and after some distance he claimed that there was someone selling fuel at some home off the tarmac so rode some distance and came to an eucalyptus forest and stopped.
At this point, the passenger who was behind grabbed her and started asking for money though she told them she does not have anything which forced both of them to drew knives from their jackets and threatened to kill her. One remained on the motorcycle while another one pulled her and raped her, after they ordered her to call people to send her money but none sent, then they removed her bag containing clothes, academic documents, two mobile phones, saucepans and fish.
As they were still threatening her with knives, a certain boy bypassed and she made an alarm calling for help, the boy returned and the one who had remained on the moyorcycle rode off, the one who remained also threatened to sturb the boy but the boy continued. He then left the victim to attack the boy and the victim ran away, she moved in the bush till when she reached Kitagata town and informed her friend so they informed her parents. On Monday 6th May 2024 she reported the matter to police and a case file was opened vide Kitagata CRB 25/24.
The Greater Bushenyi Police Spokesperson SSP Marcial Tumusiime confirmed this incident to our reporter stressing that police visited the scene, victim issued with PF 3a and statements were recorded from the victim and her father.
Afande Tumusiime says a blood sample from the victim and high vaginal swab are yet to be collected from the victim and fowarded to GAL for DNA analysis and comparison with that of the suspected rapist in case he is arrested. Inquries to get the suspects arrested, identified and interrogated are still at hand.
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