Summary:
- On Thursday at around 02:30 PM, at Nyakabingo B cell Butare ward Muhanga Town council, him together with others, planned to kill one Roset Kyarisima 39 years a house wife and resident of the above address for supporting Mutaki in their land dispute. According to Rosette the victim, the suspect allegedly successfully gained entry to her house by use of an axe and a panga and entered.
RUKIGA: A 40 year old man has been shot to death after threatening to disarm the security officers in Rukiga District.
The deceased has been identified as Mutusi Kenneth, a peasant farmer and a resident of Nyakanengo cell Muhanga Town council Rukiga district. He was shot yesterday after critically injuring a person and trying to disarm security that had responded to the matter.
According to the Kigezi region police spokesperson ASP Elly Maate, the deceased has been a hard core criminal terrorizing the whole community, by cutting people’s plantation, maliciously damaging people’s houses and even physically assaulting his neighbors.
On Thursday at around 02:30PM, at Nyakabingo B cell Butare ward Muhanga Town council, together with others, planned to kill one Roset Kyarisima 39 years a house wife and resident of the above address for supporting Mutaki in their land dispute. According to Rosette the victim, the suspect allegedly successfully gained entry to her house by use of an axe and a panga and entered.
Upon entering, he first grabbed the husband, and then he proceeded by critically cutting Rosette using a sharp panga in the head, several times. She pretended as if was dead and they left her thinking that they had killed her.
After some time she crawled out to the banana plantation, where she called on Singa Twinomugabe who later called the police and took her to Muhanga health center II. The police at Muhanga Police station swiftly responded for rescue, and in the process he threatened to attack them, that’s when was subdued and disabled.
Some of the victims who have been terrorized by the deceased are; Jonah Kabalaga aged 82 years of age and a resident of the same address. This one lost her two acres by cutting them down in the hand of Mutusi Kenneth and maliciously damaged her windows. Turyasingura David a resident of Kitaburaza cell in Muhanga Town council, who lost a banana plantation equivalent to 3 acres and reported to Muhanga Police station and Singa Twinomugabe this one lost his 2 acre banana plantation, to mention but a few.
Upon seeing the police, he grabbed his sharp panga and a spear chased them, however in trying to subdue him he was shot in the thigh and he was later arrested.
He was rushed to Muhanga Health Center II where was pronounced dead at around 4:00PM.
The scene was visited and documented, the 2 guns of AK 47 carried by police officers who went for arrest have been recovered and exhibited and the body was taken to Kabale referral hospital for postmortem.
