Police reveals the journalist was killed in a foiled robbery!
By Our Correspondent
In a twist of events, reports coming in reveal that the dead journalist, Hadad Mubiru, attached to BTM TV died in a foiled robbery. That he was involved in a robbery in which another victim died in Kanyanya Quarter Zone.
Mubiru’s body was found in Kanyanya Quarter Zone but police say he was involved in a fight with another person who had interned to rescue a female robbery victim. Police identified the man as Hussein Kato who is said to have died following the fight with Mubiru.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango said Mubiru was moving in a group of five other people which attacked an unidentified woman to rob her at around 8pm on Saturday.
“The woman made an alarm which prompted Kato to intervene and rescue her. The fight ensued, but Mubiru’s gang was about to overpower Kato when he also made an alarm. The four men took off and left Mubiru fighting with Kato. Kato overpowered Mubiru and beat him badly,” Superintendent of Police Onyango said.
Mubiru’s gang returned and beat up Kato, but he was able to escape and when he reached his home he narrated the story to his wife.
“Kato’s wife called a Special Police Constable Fred Ssempala attached to Kanyanya Police Station. SPC Ssempala arrived and took Kato to Kanyanya Clinic, but he died on arrival,” Onyango said.
Hundreds of metres from the scene, where the fight happened, eyewitnesses told police that they saw Mubiru crawling on the ground.
“On the February 7, 2021 at 8am, police at Kanyanya received a call from one Sseruyange that there was a body of a male adult, who was later identified as Mubiru,” he said.
Police said his body was not found with “any serious injuries.”
“We are waiting for a postmortem report today to understand what caused his death,” Luke Owoyesigyire added.