Police in Maziba are investigating circumstances under which a man was killed and his body dumped in a forest in Kabale district.

The body of the deceased, identified as Elliot Ahereza, aged around 27–28 years, a resident of Kasirima village, Maziba parish, Maziba sub-county, was discovered on November 26, 2024, in Keirungi village, Maziba sub-county.

According to Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, when the officer-in-charge of Maziba Police Station was informed about this incident, he registered the case as murder and alerted the District CID Officer for Kabale, D/SP Hakim Mukama, who sent officers on the ground.

Maate added that officers were sent to the crime scene, and the deceased’s body was retrieved and taken to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital mortuary for postmortem examinations.

’’We have not yet made any arrests; however, investigations are underway, and also the murder weapon was left behind, so it will also help in the investigations to trace the killers,’’ Maate said.

Initial reports indicate that Ahereza’s body was discovered by Edinance Turyasingura, who had gone to the forest to collect firewood. She found Ahereza’s body lying on its back, with a rope tied to his right hand and a knife resting on his chest.

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Turyasingura added that there was no scuffle where she found the body, which indicates that he might have been killed somewhere else and his body dumped in the forest to hide evidence.

’’I doubt Ahereza killed himself despite his killers placing the knife on his chest, but let’s wait for the postmortem examination report to find out the truth,’’ she revealed.

The tragic incident highlights ongoing issues of violence and crime in urban and pre-urban areas of Uganda.

On November 20, 2024, a female mobile money agent who had been missing for two days was found disfigured in a forest along Ggaba Road in Kampala district after she was attacked by mobile money thugs that allegedly robbed and kidnapped her before she went missing on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

These events reflect significant safety challenges in both urban and rural areas of Uganda, particularly related to violence and crime, prompting calls for increased security measures to protect residents from similar incidents in the future.