SHEEMA – Police in Sheema district are hunting for suspected assailants who on 0th December 2024 at around 10pm attacked people who were in the bar/shop of Turyahabwe Julian at Kimondo 1 trading center, Marembo ward, Kitagata Sub County and assaulted them badly plus taking off with money worth shs 115,000= and bottles of coffee spirit worth 20,000 ugx.
The suspects are yet to be identified and the victims are Turyahabwe Julian 46 years (bar owner), Twijukye Syson Kihosho 37 years and Twinamatsiko Gerald 35 years.
Its alleged that the victims were attacked by four men armed with pangas and without saying anything, they started beating the victims and assaulting them using pangas. In the due course, one of the assailants entered into the counter and picked money plus bottles of coffee spirits worth ugx 20,000.
The son of Turyahabwe Julian who who was sleeping in the boys’ quarters came for help but was chased by attackers and he went back to his room, picked a spade which he hit one of the assailants face and started bleeding. This scared away the other assailants and hence the victims escaped and hid and later one of the victims who is the bar/shop owner reported the matter to police.
A case file of aggrevated robbery was registered under SD REF 04/04/12/2024 and later Kitagata CRB 70/2024, scene visited by ASP Christopher Muhoozi and D/AIP Muhwezi Dick and other uniformed personnel of Kitagata Police Station.
The Greater Bushenyi Police Spokesperson SSP Marcial Tumusiime confirmed the incident stressing that inquiries are still at hand to establish the identity of the culprits for possible arrest and prosecution.
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Sorry to them