Men desert village for fear of arrest

Geita. Men of Nyantoro A Village at Kalangala Ward in the region have fled the village to escape possible police arrest.

The dramatic event happened after five suspected thieves were killed and now police were looking for those who participated in the killings.

The five reportedly stormed the house of Mayenga John who had just buried a family member and stole Sh67,000 which was donated to the family as condolences.

Learning of what had just happened, a mob of angry villagers set out to find the culprits and decided to lynch them by chopping their body parts and setting them ablaze.

Kalangala Ward executive officer Hamad Hussein told this paper yesterday that the killings took place on Friday morning, and identified the victims as Juma Marwa, Shija Mlingwa and one Ezekiel all from the Kalangala, the other two were unidentified, but all the five are aged between 20 and 25 years.

“Almost all families are without their adult male members, they have fled in fear, they know police are looking for those who participated in the mob justice,” said the officer.

Geita regional police commander, Mr Leornard Paul, confirmed the incident. ‘’Men have fled their houses…we ask them to return because we are not just arresting anyone, we are doing our work professionally,” he said.

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