By Andrew Cohen Amvesi
ARUA
A 16-year-old primary six (P.6) pupil in Arua city has been killed while having sex with his classmate.
Police said Waiswa Richard, a pupil of Kova primary school was allegedly murdered by the relatives of his girlfriend, also a pupil of the same school.
According to Josephine Angucia, the North Western police spokesperson, Waiswa, a Lugbara by tribe and a resident of Nyayi cell, Kati Ward, Ayivu West Division, Arua City met his fate while having live sexual intercourse with the girl lover on June 3, 2024.
“It is alleged that on 03rd June 2024 at an unknown time, the deceased left their home at night and went to visit his girlfriend, a pupil at the same school and in the same class of Primary Six, as they had earlier agreed. When the deceased was in the act of sexual intercourse with the girl lover, he was caught by the relatives of the girl, who beat and burnt him, and inflicted multiple cuts on his head which led to his death,” Angucia said.
“After the deceased had died, it is alleged that they carried and dumped his body in the Oziava swamp which was discovered on 04th June 2024 at about 12:30 pm by the area L.C One Chairperson. This information was reported to police who accordingly opened a case of murder and started investigations into the incident,” Angucia explained.
She said a team of police officers including the Regional Scene of Crime Officer West Nile Region visited the scene and properly documented it.
Angucia noted that the police officers later conveyed the body to Arua Regional Referral Hospital mortuary where postmortem was done, and the body was later handed over to the relatives for further burial arrangements.
However, she said the suspects involved in the gruesome murder of the teenager are still at large and effort is being put in place to bring them to book as inquiries continue into the matter under Ayivu West Division CRB 179/2024.
“We urge the general public to always handover such matters to police for proper action other than taking the law into their hands, meanwhile those who choose to kill suspected criminals without following lawful procedures shall all be charged with murder and tried before court for acting unlawfully,” Angucia appealed.
