Basemera went missing from her parents' home on Saturday last week under unclear circumstances. Her disappearance prompted her parents and residents to launch a search in vain.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson, reported that one of the accident victims who had sustained injuries and was rushed to Kagadi Hospital succumbed to their injuries around 10 am on Monday, raising the death toll to sixteen.
According to preliminary information, the taxi had nineteen passengers on board. Sadly, fifteen people, including the taxi driver, lost their lives at the scene, while the remaining victims sustained injuries.
The assailants targeted the duo as they traveled on a Bajaj motorcycle registration number UFS 444H. The attackers used machetes to inflict severe cuts on their heads, necks, legs, and hands.
The couple was traveling in a Canter vehicle with registration number UBM 709N. Upon entering their gate, the assailants ambushed them, brandishing firearms and demanding money.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson has confirmed the incident saying the hunt for the soldier is on. Hakiza says once arrested, the soldier will be charged with murder and attempted murder respectively.
The suspect has been identified as Kusemererwa Tusiime, a resident of Nyangereka A cell, Kyomukama Ward in Kagadi Town council while the deceased child is Tusiime Mutegeki. The gruesome murder happened on Monday morning around 10 a.m.
The Administrative Secretary Obed Ambikize reportedly ordered the killing of Richard Alituha 37, a resident of Kisankwa village in Kinyarugonjo sub-county. The incident happened on April 6, 2023, at Ambikize’s home in Mangoma.
Ahumuza was on her way to harvest cassava when the chimpanzee emerged from the nearby bush, snatched the child from her, and ran back into the bush with the minor. She sounded an alarm that attracted the attention of area residents, who pursued the chimpanzee.
Police constable John Kakande from Muhorro police station shot and injured Issa Katusabe 30, a resident of Karuswiga west cell in Muhorro town council on Sunday afternoon.
Justus Businge, the LC III Chairperson of Pacwa town council suspects that the deceased could have been murdered from somewhere else and his body dumped in their area.
It is alleged that the seven whose particulars have been concealed for fear of jeopardizing police investigations together with others still at large while in Kagadi on February 9, 2023, murdered the deceased suspecting him to be a thief.
He was reportedly assaulted with a big stick on the head by Christopher Kusemererwa, a resident of the same area while playing cards at around 10 pm on Monday.
