By Andrew Irumba
Luwero: Shock and horror engulfed residents of Ntangaala village, in Luweero district on Tuesday, after the police recovered a corpse of a year-old baby, who is believed to have been sacrificed.
The yet to be identified boy, who is suspected to have been killed in a ritual sacrifice, in the compound of Rose Nakanjako Sserumaga, a resident of Ntangaala village in Katikamu Sub County, in Luweero district, where locals who first saw it quickly informed the police.
Nakanjako
said “The minor’s naked body was first seen by my grandson who was sweeping the
compound in the morning. He immediately alerted me and I later the LC 1
Chairman.”
“My grandson
first saw a dog eating something and when he went closer he realised it was a
body of a human being.” She added, noting that
some body parts including the private parts, hands and legs among others
were missing. (www.keithmcquirter.com)
The area LC 1 Chairperson Samuel Kakooza said the
minor’s neck was slit and some body parts had been taken, something that points to a
ritual sacrifice.
However, s
he said they hadn’t received reports of
a missing child from their village or nearby areas yet.
Police
detectives led by Luweero District Police Commander, Ahmed Musakana rushed to
the scene with a sniffer dog, which led them to the home of one of the
residents, who was arrested to help
police with investigations into the
gruesome murder.
Acts of
kidnapping and murdering babies in Uganda, especially in Luweero district, have
increased in recent years and several have fallen victims, among them Pretty Susan Nakanjako, a nursery pupil at
Gembe Primary School in Katikamu Sub-county, who was in
March this year kidnapped and strangled to death. Later, an irate mob retaliated by lynching
the Imam of Gembe Mosque in Luweero district, whom they suspected of having
been behind the kidnap and murder the 6-year-old girl. Christine Namale Birungi
a primary four pupil of Blessed Future Primary School at Ngabo village in
Luweero, was also found dead and her body dumped in a thicket. However, The police
are yet to bring any culprits to book as these horrible acts continue to
happen.
