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New twist in taxi driver�s murder
By Felix Basiime
May 3, 2004
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MBARARA - New information about the taxi driver�s murder in Bushenyi last week indicates that the policemen fired at the moving vehicle before the deceased was finally shot dead. Mr Faisal Bagyeraki was shot dead on April 26 by special police constables at a roadblock at Rutoto, about 20 kms on Ishaka-Kasese road. The police immediately said Bagyeraki had stopped at the roadblock and fled into the bushes before the cops shot him dead, 100 metres away. �It seems the police in Bushenyi deceived me,� the regional CID chief here Mr Terence Kinyera told The Monitor by telephone last Friday. The accused Mr Herbert Bamwine and Mr Herbert Natukwatsa are both SPCs in Bunyaruguru county, Bushenyi. They were first detained in Bushenyi and later transferred to Mbarara. The murder sparked off demonstrations by drivers which paralysed business both in Bushenyi and Mbarara towns. Kinyera said that a passenger Ms Beatrice Kembaga and her child were injured in the shooting. They were taken to Mbarara University Teaching Hospital. He told The Monitor last Wednesday that they transferred the accused to Mbarara because they doubted the impartiality of the Bushenyi police in the investigations. Police have preferred murder charges against the two constables. �Of course both fired and you can�t tell who killed. On Monday [today] I will send the file with the charge sheet to the resident state attorney in Bushenyi. They will be tried in Bushenyi,� he said. |
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