By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
Police has successfully rescued a child that was abducted on Monday, 21st July 2025 from Musajja Alumbwa Road in Mengo and kidnappers arrested.
According to a press statement issued today Monday, July 28, 2025 by the Police Spokesperson, ACP Kituuma Rusoke, their intelligence officers managed to track down the perpetrators as they crossed into the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“With the assistance of the UPDF, the kidnapper was apprehended, and the child successfully rescued from DRC. The suspect is currently in custody,” says Kituuma.
He says the Kidnapper had demanded a ransom of 30 million shillings.
He identified the arrested suspect as Amani Jasteri, a 17-year-old male from Mujore Village, Bunagana Parish, Jomba Sub County, Rucuru District, Democratic Republic of Congo.
