Summary:
- The suspect, identified as John Asan, works as a glass fixer and hails from Kashaki A, Nyamiyaga Parish, Bubare Sub-County in Rubanda District.
KABALE: Police in Kabale District have arrested a 19-year-old teenager suspected to be part of a gang responsible for terrorizing residents in Kabale Municipality.
The arrest was confirmed on Monday by the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson Elly Maate.
The suspect, identified as John Asan, works as a glass fixer and hails from Kashaki A, Nyamiyaga Parish, Bubare Sub-County in Rubanda District. According to Maate, Asan is accused of being involved in a violent robbery that nearly cost Dickson Byamugisha, a teacher at Brain Storm High School last year on August 10, 2024, at around 11:00 PM in Nyakambu Cell, near BAJ Fuel Station in Kabale’s Southern Division.
Maate said that Byamugisha, was attacked and left severely injured. The robbers reportedly stole his phone and money before fleeing the scene.
He said that the suspect Asan was apprehended on January 15, 2025, after an intelligence-led operation. He was found staying at a lodge in Kigongi, Kabale Municipality, where he had allegedly been hiding for several days. He is now detained at Kabale Central Police Station.
During interrogation, the suspect reportedly confessed to carrying out the robbery alongside four accomplices who are still at large.
Maate issued a strong warning to the public against purchasing second-hand items from unauthorized sellers.
CUE IN MAATE…..ON THE ARREST…RR/ENG//
