9 held on Kibuli fire
Apr 22, 2004
NINE students and a guard at Kibuli Secondary School were being held at Kabalagala Police station yesterday for interrogation as the Police launched investigations into the Tuesday fire that gutted a dormitory.
By Steven Candia
NINE students and a guard at Kibuli Secondary School were being held at Kabalagala Police station yesterday for interrogation as the Police launched investigations into the Tuesday fire that gutted a dormitory.
They were picked on Wednesday evening and held over night at the Police station after detectives recovered three mineral water bottles containing petrol, 200 meters from the burnt dormitory.
The bottles were transferred to the station as exhibits but Police said they may take them to the Government chemist “just to ascertain that the liquid in them is petrol.â€
It was not clear whether the detectives had detected the presence of hydrocarbons at the scene, which could lend credence to fears that the dormitory was petrol bombed.
Police declined to disclose the identity of the students and only identified the local askari as Tony but said they were trying to establish “whether there was evidence linking them to the incident.â€
“They are only assisting with investigations,†Katwe Police Station CID boss Lawrence Ebosu said but added that it was clear that the fire at the school was an act of an arsonist.
“There is no doubt about that. It is now obvious,†he said, adding that six of the students held were in S6, two in S2 and one in S1.
A huge fire on Tuesday night swept through the ground floor of the Agakhan dormitory, destroying property of 21 S3 students.
Detectives yesterday began interrogating the students and the guard who also recorded statements at the station.
NINE students and a guard at Kibuli Secondary School were being held at Kabalagala Police station yesterday for interrogation as the Police launched investigations into the Tuesday fire that gutted a dormitory.
They were picked on Wednesday evening and held over night at the Police station after detectives recovered three mineral water bottles containing petrol, 200 meters from the burnt dormitory.
The bottles were transferred to the station as exhibits but Police said they may take them to the Government chemist “just to ascertain that the liquid in them is petrol.â€
It was not clear whether the detectives had detected the presence of hydrocarbons at the scene, which could lend credence to fears that the dormitory was petrol bombed.
Police declined to disclose the identity of the students and only identified the local askari as Tony but said they were trying to establish “whether there was evidence linking them to the incident.â€
“They are only assisting with investigations,†Katwe Police Station CID boss Lawrence Ebosu said but added that it was clear that the fire at the school was an act of an arsonist.
“There is no doubt about that. It is now obvious,†he said, adding that six of the students held were in S6, two in S2 and one in S1.
A huge fire on Tuesday night swept through the ground floor of the Agakhan dormitory, destroying property of 21 S3 students.
Detectives yesterday began interrogating the students and the guard who also recorded statements at the station.