A 27 year old man in Namanyonyi Zone in Kitigoma , Buikwe district today survived being lynched by angry residents for cutting off his nephew’s head.
According to residents , Denis Kasozi cut off the head of 3-year-old Shavin Katongore at their home at around 8am before handing himself over to Kitigoma police.
Teresi Katende, the area LC I Chairperson, says the minor was playing with his friends when Kasozi charged at him with a sharp knife.
When the news of the incident spread across the village, residents ganged up and stormed Kitigoma police station and forcefully dragged out the suspect, after police refused to hand him over.
Police was forced to fire gas and live bullets to disperse the angry residents. We captured the moment;
The residents retreated and blocked the busy Kampala-Jinja Highway with stones and logs paralyzing the flow of traffic for about an hour.
Kitigoma police called for reinforcement from Njeru and Lugazi to disperse the unruly residents who had started pelting them with stones. It took the officers from Njeru and Jinja about 30 minutes to arrive and disperse the mob before whisking off the suspect to Lugazi police station.
