Kiboga mob burns 56-year-old man
Sep 19, 2007
OVER 200 residents of Baranywa and Mailo villages in Nsambya sub-county, Kiboga district on Tuesday beat to death a 56-year-old man and burnt him using petrol.
By Amlan Tumusiime
OVER 200 residents of Baranywa and Mailo villages in Nsambya sub-county, Kiboga district on Tuesday beat to death a 56-year-old man and burnt him using petrol.
Charles Karoli, alias Madino, had gone into hiding after murdering his wife, 50-year-old Margaret Namwase, during a domestic fight. The two had been married for 20 years.
The residents, carrying pangas and spears searched for Karoli around Mailo village. He was picked from a bush a few kilometres from his home. The mob dragged him to Balanywa trading centre, where he was beaten and burnt.
The mob also burnt Karoli’s house and destroyed his gardens.
“By the time we arrived at the trading centre, we found Karoli’s body burning like firewood and hundreds of people watching. We could not do much and we have not arrested any suspect,†the district Criminal Investigations Department officer, Solomon Kyamanywa, said.
The Police said Karoli attacked his wife in the garden and smashed her head.
“The couple had been at the Police several times with domestic problems. Namwase recently told the officers at Kikonda Police Post that her husband had threatened to kill her. He accused her of being barren,†Kyamanywa said.
Karoli and Namwase had migrated from Nondwe village in Makutu sub-county, Iganga district in 1997 to settle in Nsambya sub-county in Kiboga district.
Namwase was a traditional birth attendant.
OVER 200 residents of Baranywa and Mailo villages in Nsambya sub-county, Kiboga district on Tuesday beat to death a 56-year-old man and burnt him using petrol.
Charles Karoli, alias Madino, had gone into hiding after murdering his wife, 50-year-old Margaret Namwase, during a domestic fight. The two had been married for 20 years.
The residents, carrying pangas and spears searched for Karoli around Mailo village. He was picked from a bush a few kilometres from his home. The mob dragged him to Balanywa trading centre, where he was beaten and burnt.
The mob also burnt Karoli’s house and destroyed his gardens.
“By the time we arrived at the trading centre, we found Karoli’s body burning like firewood and hundreds of people watching. We could not do much and we have not arrested any suspect,†the district Criminal Investigations Department officer, Solomon Kyamanywa, said.
The Police said Karoli attacked his wife in the garden and smashed her head.
“The couple had been at the Police several times with domestic problems. Namwase recently told the officers at Kikonda Police Post that her husband had threatened to kill her. He accused her of being barren,†Kyamanywa said.
Karoli and Namwase had migrated from Nondwe village in Makutu sub-county, Iganga district in 1997 to settle in Nsambya sub-county in Kiboga district.
Namwase was a traditional birth attendant.