THREE POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED OVER MAN’S MURDER IN RUKUNGIRI

Posted On 26 Dec 2019

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ByFelix Twinomugisha
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In Rukungiri
Police in Rukungiri have arrested three of their officers for shooting dead a 21 Year old boy on Wednesday morning during a patrol.
The deceased identified as Benon Tibesigwa, 21 was a former student of St. Jerome Secondary school in Rukungiri who has been in his senior six vacation and a resident of Kanyeganyegye village in Northern Ward Kebisoni town council Rukungiri district.
The deceased had moved out with a brother identified as Benjamin Turyasingura ,18 and were attending a show at Omukatensani trading center when three police officers attached to Kebisoni police station ; No 44047 Sergent Twebaze David, No 35494 Detective Constable Agaba Busingye, No 049 Special Police Constable Begumisa Baziira who were reportedly on patrol stormed to the venue of the celebrations leading to a confrontation between them and the revelers.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the officers accused the organizers of holding a Music show without informing the police an issue that sparked off bitter reactions from the gathering and the police started firing live bullets.
It is at this time that the deceased was reportedly hit by a stray bullet and died on arrival at Nyakibale referral hospital
Kigezi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate said that three officers have been arrested pending investigations into the matter.
He added that the deceaseds body had been taken to Rwakabengo Health center III for a postmortem and the guns from the suspects recovered.
The case was registered at Rukungiri police under file number SD Ref; 05/25/12/2019.