KAZO LAY READER SHOT DEAD

By Aggrey Twesigye
MBARARA

Police in Kazo are investigating circumstances under which the lay reader at Nkungu Church of Uganda was shot dead by a security guard.

ASP Samson Kasasira the Rwizi police mouthpiece confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as Patrick Mutatina a lay leader at Nkungu Church Of Uganda and a resident of Kiringa Village , Kiringa parish ,Burunga sub county,Kazo district.

Kasasira asserts that yesterday (Saturday) at around 8:00PM Mutatina aged 35years was shot at by Anxious Muhumuza a private security guard attached to RPS security Company who was guarding Kitura Cooperative Sacco.

He adds that Patrick Mutatina was rushed to a nearby clinic with a bullet wound but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Kasasira further reveals that police has apprehended the security guard and recovered the murder weapon an SAR rifle and the suspect detained at Kazo Central Police station as investigations continue.