NEWS- Unknown gunmen have robbed 4.5 Million Shillings from a businessman in Kagadi District. The victim is Andrew Kaahwa 38, a resident of Mambugu cell in Kagadi town council, who operates a wholesale shop along Kagadi Market Street.
It is alleged that the gunmen waylaid Kaahwa on Monday at around 8 p.m. as he and his wife Sarah Kobusinge were returning home from their shop.
Speaking to the press on Wednesday, Kaahwa narrated that together with his wife approached their compound, three men armed with a gun emerged from a nearby cassava garden and placed them at gunpoint.
The thugs ordered their victims to surrender to them all the money they had in their possession. According to Kaahwa, fearing for his life and that of his wife, he handed over a bag containing the money to the thugs adding that the thugs also made off with his mobile phone. The thugs reportedly fired several bullets in the air as they fled the area.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson said the hunt for the suspects is on adding that a team of flying squad operatives has been dispatched to the area to pursue the thugs. He adds that some cartridges were recovered from the crime scene which will help them in conducting investigations.
Hakiza advised the public to stop keeping large sums of money in their houses but bank it for safety.
