A 35-year-old boda boda rider has been lynched by an angry mob on suspicion of stealing a pig in Rubanda District.
The deceased has been identified as Leodinas Arineitwe, a resident of Kagunga Cell, Kigyeyo Ward in Rubanda Town Council. He was killed on Wednesday at around 3:30 PM in Mukitojo Cell, Kigyeyo Ward.
The LC1 Chairperson of Kagunga Cell, Denis Byamugisha, said he heard an alarm from residents who were reportedly assaulting a suspected thief in Mukitojo Cell before he reported the matter to Ikumba Police Station.
Byamugisha, together with police officers, responded to the scene but found that the crowd had dispersed upon noticing the police presence.
According to the Kigezi Regional Police spokesperson, Elly Maate, officers found the victim already dead, lying in a pool of blood with deep head injuries.
A motorcycle, registration number UDL 373P (red Bajaj Boxer), was found at the scene with a pig tied onto it.
Maate added that the scene was visited, processed, and documented. Exhibits recovered included two sticks, an iron bar, a pair of sandals, a pair of canvas shoes, the pig, and the motorcycle.
He noted that a postmortem examination was conducted and the body was later handed over to the family for burial.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident on Tuesday, a 38-year-old man was killed in a road accident involving a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado (registration number UAT 309X) and a motorcycle (registration number UER 594R, red Bajaj Boxer) in Kisoro District.
The deceased was identified as Niyonkunda Nyasio, a businessman and resident of Taba Village, Nyakinama Sub-county. The accident occurred at around 8:00 PM at Kamonyi Village along the Kisoro–Mutolere Road.
Police said the scene was documented, and the body was taken to Kisoro Hospital mortuary for a postmortem. Both the motor vehicle and the motorcycle involved were impounded at Kisoro Central Police Station pending inspection by the Inspector of Vehicles.
