Suspected cannibal survives lynching, accused of exhuming bodies and eating them

KAGADI

A man in Kagadi Sub-County, Kagadi district has survived being lynched by an angry mob of residents accusing him of being a cannibal and a practicing witchcraft.

Angry residents of Nyakateke village in Kanyangoma parish, Kagadi Sub- County armed with sticks and stones last evening Sunday beat up Edward Byaruhanga nearly to death but Police from Isunga Police station rescued him.

Residents claim that Byaruhanga has been causing the death of several people and exhuming dead bodies in the area.

They have further accuse Byaruhanga of purportedly causing the mysterious death of his 11-year-old biological daughter Rosemary Nabukalu who died after a short illness.

Felister Muhumuza the wife to the suspect also testifies against her husband, revealing that when their daughter fell sick, the accused didn’t make any interventions to take her for medication.

She added that to their shock, on Saturday late evening at around 8:13 pm, Byaruhanga was arrested in the maize garden with a bottle containing small stones, polythane bags and other strange witchcraft materials, which created suspicion among residents.

The Nyakateke village Chairman, Joseph Byabasaija condemned witchcraft and cannibalism practices that he says are common in his area but cautions residents against taking laws into their hands.