Extract from The Monitor, 22 May 2007
Over 131 people have been murdered in Kampala city in the space of four and half months.
According to police records, majority of the dead were killed in mob action after being suspected of theft, house breaking and burglary.
Daily Monitor compilations from police states that out of 123 cases of murder reported between January and April, 108 were classified as murder other than shooting including mob action.
Police classifies murder into two; murder by shooting and murder other than shooting.
"The biggest number of the murders classified as murder other than shooting were killed in mob action after people are arrested on suspicion of theft and burglary. The mob uses tyres, stones and petrol," Kampala Extra police spokesman Simeo Nsubuga said on telephone last week.
"You will find that some of our people suspect a person to be a thief, they arrest him, beat him up and burn him. By the time we reach the scene the suspect has already been killed and is difficult to identity," Mr Nsubuga said. "People must understand that there are laws in the country."
Over 131 people have been murdered in Kampala city in the space of four and half months.
According to police records, majority of the dead were killed in mob action after being suspected of theft, house breaking and burglary.
Daily Monitor compilations from police states that out of 123 cases of murder reported between January and April, 108 were classified as murder other than shooting including mob action.
Police classifies murder into two; murder by shooting and murder other than shooting.
"The biggest number of the murders classified as murder other than shooting were killed in mob action after people are arrested on suspicion of theft and burglary. The mob uses tyres, stones and petrol," Kampala Extra police spokesman Simeo Nsubuga said on telephone last week.
"You will find that some of our people suspect a person to be a thief, they arrest him, beat him up and burn him. By the time we reach the scene the suspect has already been killed and is difficult to identity," Mr Nsubuga said. "People must understand that there are laws in the country."
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