According to Longole, the trio was lynched around 4 pm on Saturday on suspicion of being cattle thieves. “By the time police and the army reached the scene of crime, all the three people were already dead,” he said.
A joint
security team comprising the Police and UPDF is investigating circumstances
under, which three people were killed by a mob in Lorengechorwa town council in
Napak district.
Michael Longole, the Karamoja police Spokesperson identifies
the mob victims as Alengia, an LDU attached to Duol army detach in Nabwal Sub County
in Napak District, Abura Mariko Apanaluk, a resident of Duol in Nabwal Sub
County and his son Lokut Angolere.
According to
Longole, the trio was lynched around 4 pm on Saturday on suspicion of being
cattle thieves. “By the time police and the army reached the scene of crime,
all the three people were already dead,” he said. Longole says that the
deceased’s bodies are lying at Matany Hospital pending investigations vide Napak
CRB 125/2021.
He cautions
the general public against taking law in their hands and handover suspects to
police. Grace Nachap, the Lorenge parish council in Chorwa Sub County, says
that the current brewing insecurity between Napak and Nabilatuk district is
exposing the lives of other innocent people at risk.
Francis
Chemusto, the Mt Moroto Regional Police commander described the incident as
unfortunate, saying the culprits will be brought to book.
steven Ariong
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