Falling stone quarry kills two brothers
Police officers inspect the quarry where two brothers died. Photo by Denis Edema
BUIKWE- Police are holding the owner of a stone quarry that collapsed and killed two brothers in Buyiza A Village, Nyenga, Buikwe District.
Musa Sserunjogi, 16, and Jamada Butelaba, 15, were buried by the falling pit on Monday. They were pupils of Nyenga Mixed Primary School.
Ssezibwa Regional Police Spokes Person Ms Hellen Butoto said the owner of the quarry, Mr Majidu Giliwo has been arrested detained at Nyenga Police Station as investigations progress “since he was “the first person to alert the community and police about the death of brothers.”
According to Ms Butoto, when the children failed to come home on Monday evening, their aunt Ms Madina Namuganza, thought they had gone to spend the night at the home of a relative who stays in the same area.
Some residents claim that the two brothers who were on an evening walk on the fateful day, sat on one of the cliffs of the quarry as they relaxed.
Moments later, according to the unverified residents’ accounts, the cliff collapsed killing them instantly.
The bodies were taken to Jinja Hospital Mortuary for a post-mortem.
