By MORIS MUMBERE,
E-society
KASESE: Police in
Kyalhumba sub-county in Bukonzo East in Kasese district is investigating
circumstances under which a 7 year old boy died after detonating a grenade
inside their house.
Speaking on phone
yesterday evening, the sub-county chairperson, Ivan Mukyakazi Kabuthirwa
confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as Benson Masereka, a son to
Josephat Kijuguta a resident of Kaghema village.
According to
Kabuthirwa, the deceased had gone to pick his avocado believed to have been
kept under his father’s bed where a bomb killed him .
“I wander why kijuguta
is still possessing government materials yet he no longer servers police” Ivan
said.
He said that
investigations to find out why Kijuguta still possessed government ammunition
had been launched.
He said that Kijuguta
had served as a Home Guard but declined to give details.
The area LCI
chairperson, Selly Ngobi said that the incident happened at around 12:30pm as
residents were returning back from their daily routines.
Ngobi said that he
immediately informed police at Kyalhumba Police post who he said rushed to the
scene.
He said that the
deceased died on his way to Kagando Hospital after sustaining serious injuries
caused by the explosion.
By press time, the
body of Masereka had been taken to Kagando Hospital for a postmortem on police
orders.
Kyalhumba like other
areas in the Rwenzori region was attacked by the Allied Democratic Forces of
1996.
ENDS.
