Edward Kimbowa, the Vice Chairman of Bamugolodde village, recounted that at approximately 8 pm, Mutimba closed his drug shop and rode his motorcycle registration number UFL 736K to Nalubwobya village to pick up his wife and child.
Police in Nakasongola district
are actively pursuing unidentified assailants behind the killing of three
family members in an ambush on Monday night. The victims have been identified
as Julius Mutimba, 45, his wife Resty Nakayima, 35, who also served as the
parish councilor at Kalongo sub-county, and their six-month-old child, all
residents of Bamugolodde village.
Mutimba operated a drug shop
at Bamugolodde trading center, while his wife worked at another drug shop in Nalubwobya
trading center. Edward Kimbowa, the Vice Chairman of Bamugolodde village,
recounted that at approximately 8 pm, Mutimba closed his drug shop and rode his
motorcycle registration number UFL 736K to Nalubwobya village to pick up his
wife and child.
Kimbowa explained that on
their way back home, the family encountered a roadblock set up by the
assailants, where they were stabbed to death. Subsequently, the assailants
placed the lifeless body of the child on the road and abandoned the deceased's
motorcycle before fleeing the scene.
Rogers Bwanga Sande, the
Nakasongola District Speaker who doubles as the area councilor, said that the
assailants specifically targeted the family, suspecting that they may have had
inside information about the victims' movements.
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Sam Twineamazima, the Savannah
Regional Police Spokesperson, reported that the police promptly responded to
the attack upon receiving information from local residents. However, by the
time they arrived at the scene, the suspects had already fled.
Twineamazima disclosed that the bodies of the deceased have been transferred to Nakasongola Health Center
IV for postmortem examinations, and an active manhunt is underway to apprehend
the individuals responsible for this tragic incident.
