Businessman arrested over ritual murder claims

Inside one of the shrines, officers found buried bodies, the number of which had not been confirmed by press time.“Some of the remains, believed to be those of children, were so badly mutilated and decomposed that identification was immediately impossible,” a detective said.

The suspect, Ivan Muwanga, well known in Lunyerere village both for trading in local gin and running a network of shrines, was arrested on Sunday (December 7, 2025) after allegedly attempting to abduct a 12-year-old girl, an incident that triggered a police search which exposed one of the most horrific crime scenes in recent years. (Credit: Simon Ssekidde)