THE Police in Kampala are hunting for suspected witchdoctors who attempted to strangle a woman for human sacrifice.
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Rita Nansamba, 20, of Nyendo in Masaka town, was rescued on Tuesday night by a man passing by a newly-constructed building in Kisalosalo Zone in Kyebando, Kawempe Division when he heard her cry for help.
The head of the anti-human sacrifice and trafficking, Moses Binoga and the Police spokesperson, Judith Nabakooba, visited the woman on Wednesday in Mulago Hospital where she was admitted in critical condition. |
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Nabakooba said the rescuer made an alarm which scared away the assailants, leaving the victim unconscious.
Narrating her ordeal, the bruised Nansamba who is nursing a swollen face, a painful neck and abdomen, said the witchdoctors attempted to strangle her.
Her troubles started last week when a man only identified as Alex and resident of Nyendo, convinced her grandmother, Maria Asaba, to release her for a job in Kampala.
She said the man hired a taxi which brought them to one of the Kampala taxi parks from where they took another taxi to Kyebando. She lived with Alex's relatives from Friday to Tuesday evening when he came with men in a small car.
"After discussing with the men, Alex told me to go with them so they could give me a job," she said.
No sooner had she entered the car than the killers gagged her with a piece of cloth and bound her hands.
"They took me to a storeyed building and were joined by more men who inspected me," she narrated.
The suspects agreed she was not the right candidate but decided to kill her for fear that she would report them if left free.
Nansamba could not remember what followed, but said the men attempted to strangle her but fled after the Good Samaritan made the alarm.
The Good Samaritan took her to Kira Road Police Station from where she was rushed to hospital.
The detectives took a statement from Nansamba before declaring the hunt for the culprits.
Binoga said cases of human sacrifice were rampant and warned women against moving out with men pretending to be lovers. He said many victims were women lured with love offers by strangers.
"Girls, always inform friends or relatives whenever you go out with men," he said.
The Police say 50 people went missing in the past one week. In a report on human sacrifice and trafficking for the week of March 8 to 15, the Police said one person was killed in suspected human sacrifice.
Three of the missing people were men, while five were women.
According to the Police, two boys and five girls were traced and had not been under danger of human sacrifice.
They said some of the children got lost due to careless parents while one hid to scare her mother who had caned her.
The Police also said six suspects had been arrested and were questioned in connection with the missing people.
According to the Police, a decomposing body of a young woman was discovered in Pader on March 10, in a dustbin, with the breasts and private parts missing.
The murderers and the deceased have not been identified.
Arrested for attempted kidnap was Ronald Kagugube, a resident of Kata village, Matugga in Wakiso district. He reportedly tried to kidnap a boy, Amos Rukundo, from Kirowoza village, Kakooge in Nakasongola. The suspect had a knife, a suspicious liquid in a mineral water bottle and some powder.
The Police also said a number of witchdoctors and other individuals were being investigated after the public reported them.
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