The yet to be identified victim because he had no identification documents on him and he was also a stranger in the area, was Thursday morning intercepted as he ferried the three animals on a motorcycle at Nkuluze village which shares borders with Kibiriizi.
A man believed to be in his 20s has been lynched by an irate mob for allegedly stealing two goats and a Sheep in Luwero district.
The incident has occurred at Gavvu village in Kibiriizi Parish
in Bamunanika Sub-County.
The yet to be identified victim who did not identification
documents on him and he was also a stranger in the area, was on Thursday intercepted as he ferried the three animals on a motorcycle at Nkuluze village
which shares borders with Kibiriizi.
Residents became suspicious because he had packed the three
animals in sacks.
The residents first took him to the Kibiriizi village chairman.
When they tasked him to prove the animals were his own, he reportedly failed.
His behavior according to the locals pointed to theft, although
no one had claimed loss of his animals.
The locals started beating him before he abandoned the motorcycle and run off.
The angry residents then chased him from Nkuluze village, then
through Kibiriizi village, after they managed to surround him at Gavu village.
When he was asked why he steals, he responded that he was struggling
to make ends meet.
The locals severely beat and stoned him on the head.
Smith Nkangi, the Nkuluze village LC 1 Chairman where the interception
was first made, recounts the incident to Uganda Radio Network (URN).
According to Chairman Nkangi, the interception with the
subsequent mob action at Gavu village was prompted by the rampant livestock
theft in this Sub-County.
He says recently, seven goats were stolen from locals
something that left them charged against the perpetrators.
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When contacted about this incident, Luwero District Police
Commander (DPC) Felix Mugizi has told URN that he has been tipped off by area subordinates.
By the time of filing this report, DPC Mugizi however, noted
that he was yet to secure a comprehensive report from the scene of crime officers.
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Livestock theft has proven
persistent in Greater Luwero region.
For instance, in August this
year, unidentified thugs stole three cows at gunpoint from a farm belonging to
Timothy Mugabi at Kabunyata village in Kamira Sub-County in Luwero district.
Relatedly, in mid-July, this
year, a furious mob in Nakaseke district lynched one of the suspected cattle
thieves . This
was after a gang of seven suspected cattle thieves raided two homes at Lwetunga
village in Kapeeka Sub-County.