By Sylvester Onyang
June 21, 2003
| A man who went missing since Saturday was allegedly tortured to death at Kireka military barracks. His tormentors were reportedly from the Violent Crime Crack Unit.
The body of Maurice Nsangi, 29, was on Thursday collected from the Army mortuary at Mbuya after a tough bargain by Bugweri County MP, Mr Abdu Katuntu. The body had stab wounds and burns. The post-mortem examination report that The Monitor saw indicated that the immediate cause of death was shock following severe internal bleeding. The report indicates that the bleeding occurred on the surface of the brain. The report said that the man also suffered external injuries — including deep burns on the buttocks, 14 wounds and nine bruises on both arms, and a deep cut on the left leg. The man’s body was shown to journalists at the City Mortuary. A wide red-white patch covered the right buttocks. Katuntu said that the suspect could have been electrocuted. “Sometimes I am told these people (security operatives) use flat irons,” Katuntu told journalists on Thuirsday. He criticised security organisations for killing Ugandans without allowing the suspects to go through the due process of the law. The MP said that the government has no moral authority to condemn Joseph Kony’s LRA rebels because state agents are also committing savage acts against Ugandans. “I will raise this matter in the House. Ugandans should know about this abuse. We are back to the situation suffered [under] previous regimes,” Katuntu said. Relatives said that Nsangi was picked by a Police 999 Patrol car from his home on Kafumbe Mukasa road and taken to Kireka. They first learnt of his death on Tuesday from workers in the Kireka barracks. |
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