Family Confesses to Grisly Killing of Accountant - Ugandan Police

Police had to hold off an angry crowd as they cut through a concrete slab to retrieve the body of a man who was kidnapped, killed, and dumped in a pit-latrine. Abel Katende's decomposing body, which had been chopped to pieces, was retrieved by police and fire brigade staff. Police say Katende's wife and children confessed to the crime.

  • Uganda:   How Man Was Kidnapped, Cut Into Pieces

    Monitor, 7 May 2018

    Police yesterday deployed heavily to hold off an angry crowd that demanded to lynch a woman, son and daughters as they cut through a concrete slab to retrieve the body of former… Read more »

Abel Katende’s wife Janet Namugenyi being led away by police.

A police truck carrying the body of Abel Katende leaves the scene at Lutete A Zone in Kasangati.

Abel Katende

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