NRM registrar on the spot over murder following land wrangles
Residents of Ncune 3 cell in Ncune parish, Kashare sub-county, in Mbarara district are filled with shock and grief following the gruesome murder of one of the locals.
Fred Mwesigye, the LCIII chairperson Kashare Sub-County confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as George Muhangi, 40, who was murdered by unknown assailants in cold blood.
Mwesigye revealed that the deceased was cut into pieces by unknown people who had come to take bunches of matooke which they had bought from the deceased in the morning of Thursday.
Mwesigye added that in the evening hours around 7:30pm, the assailants escorted the deceased to the banana plantation and cut him into pieces using a panga.
He noted that Police from Rubindi visited the scene with a sniffer dog that has led to the arrest of Robert Mugumya, the NRM sub-county registrar and a brother to the deceased.
Mwesigye said that preliminary investigation using information from Mugumya (the suspect) suggest that they had land wrangles with the deceased.
The body of the deceased was taken to Mbarara regional hospital for postmortem examination as investigation into matter continue.
