Suspected Congolese militiamen kidnap two other people in Kanungu
Two residents of Kyabuyorwa in Butogota Town Council in Kanungu district were on Tuesday afternoon kidnapped by suspected armed Congolese militia men.
The police spokesman for Kigezi Sub region Elly Maate identified those kidnapped as Ambrose Twinamasiko, 27, and Elidard Twinomujuni, 31.
He said a one Jacob Niwagaba 12, who was in the company of the two kidnapped people but managed to escape, told the police that they were moving on a motorcycle along the Kanyantorogo-Butogota- Bwindi road near the Congo border when four suspected Congolese militia men armed with two SMG rifles, spears and pangas emerged from a nearby bush speaking Swahili and Rukiga and kidnapped his colleagues.
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Another person kidnapped in Kanungu
The latest kidnap victim is Eli Byarugaba, a resident of Bushoro village in Kihembe parish in Kanyantorogo Sub County
Mr Maate said that Niwagaba further told police that after crossing into the Democratic Republic of Congo jungles, the kidnappers fired three bullets and he was not sure whether they killed the captives.
“When the police visited the scene that is a few metres away from the international boundary, they recovered the motorcycle UEX 355L which the kidnapped people were riding on and inquiries into the matter are still going on,” Mr Maate said.
On August 7, Elly Byarugaba a resident of Bushuro Kihembe parish Kanungu district was kidnapped by six suspected armed Congolese militias and was later released after his relatives paid a ransom of Shs2.5 million.
Two school children that were kidnapped in the same manner mid last month were released after the parents paid a ransom of Shs2 million cash.
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The Kanungu Deputy Resident District Commissioner Emmy Ngabirano on Tuesday evening said that they are intensifying police patrols in the border areas and the local leaders should also help the security personnel by reporting any foreign person in their areas and also name collaborators in case of any
“Its true many kidnap cases have been reported in this area and relatives of victims have been forced to pay a ransom before they are released. Police patrols in the area have been put in place as one measure to curb the vice but the challenge remains the porous border line and the instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We shall intensify border patrols to ensure our people are protected from such criminal acts,” Mr Ngabirano said.
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