KAGADI- A man in Kagadi Sub-County Kagadi district on Sunday evening survived being lynched by angry residents on accusations of being a cannibal and practicing witch.
Angry residents of Nyakateke village in Kanyangoma parish Kagadi Sub- County armed with sticks and stones ascended on Edward Byaruhanga and beat him to nearly death until he was rescued by Isunga Police who took him to their cells for safe custody.
Residents claim that Byaruhanga has been causing the death of several people and exhuming bodies in the area for yet to be known reasons.
They further accused Byaruhanga for purportedly causing mysterious deaths in their area, including the recent demise of his 11 year old biological daughter Rosemary Nabukalu who died after a short illness.
Felister Muhumuza, the wife to the accused testified against her husband revealing that when their daughter fell sick, the accused didn’t make any interventions to take her for medication.
She added that to their shock, on Saturday late evening at around 8:13 pm, Byaruhanga was arrested in the maize garden with a bottle containing small stones, polyphone bags and other strange witchcraft materials, which created suspicion among residents and began suspecting him to be involved in witchcraft practices.
Meanwhile, the Nyakateke Lc1 chairman Joseph Byabasaija condemned the witchcraft and cannibalism practices that have become rampant in his area, asking the cannibals to reform.
Byabasaija however cautioned residents against taking laws into their own hands, urging them to always report such cases to authorities for further management.
Meanwhile the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Kagadi Lillian Ruteraho also condemned the rising cases of witchcraft in the district and called for the culprits to return to God for salvation and stop the evil habits.
