KANUNGU: Police in Kanungu district are investigating circumstances under which a security guard was murdered and buried by a yet unknown persons whose body was found with some body eaten up by dogs.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The deceased has been identified as Katushabe John Bosco 37 a resident of Rugando cell, Rutojo parish in Rutenga Sub County Kanungu district who at the time of death was a guard manning at UTL mass boosters in the same area of residence.
It is alleged that during the night of 6th may 2024 at unknown time, the deceased was killed and his body unseen and on 11th may 2024 a case file of disappearance opened at Rutenga police post and a search was conducted by community members and nothing was recovered.
It was until 22nd may 2024 at about 6:00 PM when information was received from Rutenga Sub County that some human remains, especially the skull, bones, a hand hoe and metallic ladder were found in the forest of Mafuga.
On Thursday at about 1000hrs when a scene of crime was visited and found a dug place where the deceased was buried and due to the small depth of the hole, the wild dogs had removed most of the body tissues which were found scattered.
The Kigezi Police Spokesperson ASP Elly Maate confirmed to the media that the police was notified by one Tingiromwe Moses who in turn visited the crime scene, documented it, and relevant samples recovered at crime scene pending forensic analysis.
Maate added that the body remains were parked and delivered to Kanungu Health Center IV mortuary for postmortem thus urging any person with clues that can lead to those behind the murder, to volunteer it so that the perpetrators are brought to book.
The Police spokesperson added that the murder incident was registered at Kanungu Central Police station on CRB /335/2024 as more inquiries continue.
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