Summary:
- The deceased, identified as Ashraf Namara, hails from Kasiro cell, Kasiro town ward, Kihihi town council, Kanungu district. According to his mother, Aisha Tumushabe (57), on Sunday at approximately 8:00 PM, she received a distressing call urging her to speak with her son, who cryptically mentioned that he was under attack by Saddam and six other individuals from Rutenga village.
KANUNGU: Police in Kanungu District are currently in pursuit of suspects believed to have assaulted a 28-year-old man in Kihihi town council.
The deceased, identified as Ashraf Namara, hails from Kasiro cell, Kasiro town ward, Kihihi town council, Kanungu district. According to his mother, Aisha Tumushabe (57), on Sunday at approximately 8:00 PM, she received a distressing call urging her to speak with her son, who cryptically mentioned that he was under attack by Saddam and six other individuals from Rutenga village.
Tumushabe, who was at the bus park preparing to travel to Kampala, immediately returned home and dispatched her son Hamidu to investigate. Hamidu encountered a group of people wielding sticks and had stripped the victim of his clothes. Upon seeing Hamidu, the suspects chased him, but he managed to evade them. He then rushed home, approximately 1 kilometer away, and alerted his brother Niwabaine Kraishi.
Together, they returned to the scene and found Namara in a critical condition, crawling. Namara identified his attackers as Saddam and his cohorts from Rutenga village, who reside at Saddam’s residence. Tragically, Namara succumbed to his injuries while being transported to the hospital.
Elly Maate, the spokesperson for the Kigezi region police, confirmed that the authorities had visited the scene, documented evidence, recorded statements from witnesses, conducted a postmortem examination, and released the body to the family for burial.
