Ten suspects are in police custody in connection to the mob action that led to the death of Emmanuel Tegu, a third-year Veterinary student at Makerere University.
The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says Tegu was clobbered by a mob near Lumumba hall in Makerere University on June 28th on suspicion that he was a thief.
He was rushed to Mulago National Referral Hospital in critical condition where he breathed his last over the weekend because of multiple organ failure resulting from internal bleeding.
Now, Onyango says they have picked up ten suspects in connection to the mob action.
“Today, police carried out an intelligence-led operation and arrested 10 suspects in connection to the death of Tegu. All the suspects are residents of Makerere University in Kampala,” Onyango said.
He disclosed that the suspects are in custody at Wandegeya Police Station pending interrogations.
“The suspects, whose identities will be disclosed after interrogation, are said to have participated in the mob action that led to the death of the student,” Onyango said.
According to sources, the arrest follows a meeting between the Deputy Inspector General of Police- Maj. Gen Stephen Muzeyi Sabiiti and Kampala Metropolitan police commanders on Sunday.
Sabiiti reportedly stormed out of the meeting after the commanders said there were no arrests and dying declaration of the deceased on his attacker.
It is alleged that the suspects have counter accused each other beating the deceased student. Police are still pursuing the remaining suspects who are still at large.
Tegu’s remains were laid to rest as his burial ancestral grounds in Bukedea district on Sunday.