Different security
agencies are carrying out through operations in areas around the border with
the Democratic Republic of Congo to get rid of criminals who have been shooting
dead civilians at night.
Within one
year eleven people have been gunned down in their homes at night by unknown
thugs and the latest being Baferi Kisembo a resident of Karukumiza village in
Karambi sub-county, Kasese district.
Most of
those killed are businessmen especially those dealing in coffee.
The UPDF 2nd
Division Public Relations Officer Lt. Ninsiima Rwemizuma says that different
operations are ongoing by the army, the police’s crime intelligence unit and
the Rapid Response Unit to arrest the key suspects and recover guns.
Currently,
an unspecified number of suspects are being held by police after being hooked
during the operations that started on Monday.
Lt. Ninsiima
reveals that the suspects under detention are led by one Swalle a prominent
taxi driver and former worker of the Uganda Revenue Authority.
In the
operations joined by the Kasese district chairman Lt. Col. Mawa Muhindo, an
AK47 gun and about sixty rounds of ammunition were recovered from Nyakiyumbu
sub-county on Thursday.
Lt. Ninsiima
says the security operatives are being led to the key suspects by an individual
who has volunteered to give information about the suspected serial killers in
the area.
A woman in
whose house a gun was recovered yesterday has also been arrested but Lt.
Ninsiima declined to identify her because it would jeopardize efforts to arrest
her husband who is on the run.
He said that
when all the key suspects are arrested, a police file will be made to arrange
for their appearance in the courts of law.
The Kasese
district chairman Lt. Col. Mawa Muhindo says the rampant illegal guns are a
result of the Allied Democratic Forces rebellion that ended in the early 2000s
and the several negative forces in Eastern DRC. END
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