By; Our Reporter

Police have arrested five suspects alleged to have been part of an armed robbers’ group that attacked the home of a Business Consultant Henry Kanywamusai in Lweza, along the Kampala- Entebbe highway and tortured him to death.

Preliminary findings indicate that a group of six young men entered Kanywamusai home at around 1am and threatened to harm the four people they found there and Kanywamusai tried to resist the robbery and in vengeance, he was hit with iron bars, a hoe and a stone. The thugs took off with electronics from the house.

Kanywamusai 51, was rushed to Nsambya Hospital together with his 21-year-old son, Emmanuel Kanywamusai who was equally in critical condition, but they died along the way. His wife Jane and daughter Dorothy survived with minor injuries.

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says police responded with their canine unit and followed the lead to arrest five suspects.

Kanywamusai, a born of Gadumire Sub County in Kaliro District is a former Aspirant for the Bulamogi County Parliamentary Seat in 2016.


Wednesday 12th September 2018 06:17:04 AM