Unknown criminals have killed a girl believed to be six years old. The killers cut off her leg and arm. The gruesome murder happened in Sembule zone, Kabowa parish, Lubaga division of Kampala City.
The murder is being probed by Katwe police even though the victim is yet to be identified. Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson, said the body was recovered by locals in the water channel.
Police suspect that the gruesome murder of the girl happened at unknown place but the body was later dumped in an area where it was found.
“The locals in the area discovered the body in the channel and upon taking a closer look they informed the police.
Our crime scene investigators arrived at the scene and retrieved the body in the sack,” Owoyesigyire said.
Police have conveyed the body to city mortuary at Mulago for a postmortem. Owoyesigyire said investigations have kicked off to ascertain who was behind this senseless murder of the juvenile.