Tororo Police has detained a reverend father to help them investigate the stabbing of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) staff in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District, yesterday.
According to the police, John Bosco Ngorok of the Entebbe International Airport revenue office was stabbed at Bugonga Junction at about 1am on Sunday in what at first appeared to be a freak accident.
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The Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman, Mr. Luke Owoyesigyire, said that the suspect was arrested and has been detained at Tororo Central Police Station in eastern Uganda, nearly 270 kilometers away from Entebbe, the scene of the crime.
“The incident first appeared to be an accident. The suspect fled the crime scene. However, the killer weapon was recovered and it is being subjected to examination. The investigators embarked on a mission to trace the suspect who was found and arrested in Tororo,” Mr Owoyesigyire said.
The police further say that the suspect and the deceased were known to each other, but the motive for the crime has yet to be established.
“We have several narratives that we are still investigating. It is still too early to determine the exact motive for the commission of the crime. Once the suspect has been brought back to Entebbe and interrogated, we shall get a clearer picture,” he said.
Ngorok didn’t die immediately after he was stabbed and he was able to place a call to his relative on a mobile phone to narrate what happened and who had stabbed him before he breathed his last and this is where the police were alerted, who rushed to the crime scene and later recovered the killer weapon.
The priest was later arrested hours after police units across the country were alerted to track him down.
URA said Ngorok’s body had been taken to the City Mortuary in Kampala as they prepared for his burial in Nakapiripirit District, Karamoja sub-region.
“Ngorok was attacked by an unknown person in Entebbe, on his way to Kampala. Ngorok had just been recently deployed to the Domestic Tax station in Entebbe. The matter has been reported to police and his body is currently at the City Mortuary in preparation for transportation to Nakapiripirit District,” the URA memo read in part.
Mr. Robert Kalumba, the URA assistant commissioner in charge of public and corporate affairs, yesterday confirmed the death of their staff, whom he described as a true warrior.
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