Body of Kidnapped 12 year old boy found in a Swamp in Mukono

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A 12-year-old boy who went missing on Sunday last week in Mukono has been found dead and his body dumped in a swamp. Shafik Kimera, a P.4 pupil at Ngobere primary school disappeared last week while playing with his friends. The kidnappers then called the boy’s family demanding for a ransom of Shs 2 million so […]


A 12-year-old boy who went missing on Sunday last week in Mukono has been found dead and his body dumped in a swamp.
Shafik Kimera, a P.4 pupil at Ngobere primary school disappeared last week while playing with his friends. The kidnappers then called the boy’s family demanding for a ransom of Shs 2 million so as to release the boy alive.
However as the parents were still trying to raise the money, the kidnappers called the family again, this time demanding for Shs 500,000 to let the family know where Kimera’s body was. The body was on Saturday found dumped in a swamp in Ngombere village, Mpungwe sub-county, Mukono district.

Sylvia Namiro, one of the relatives said that they received a telephone call from unknown people demanding Shs 500,000 shillings to show the family where Kimera’s body was dumped.

“They called the mother asking her why whether she knew the whereabouts of her boy. They demanded for Shs 2 million ransom and threatened that if she doesn’t send the money, her boy would be killed. After, they asked for Shs 500,000 so they could bring boy’s body closer to her. They claimed before the boy got killed, they [kidnappers] incurred some expenses of feeding and schooling him while in custody.” said Namiro.The Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Luke Oyowesigire said that three people have been arrested in connection to the murder of Kimera. They include Livingstone Kiwanuka, 19, Swaib Zinda, 40, and Abdallah Ssengendo, 26.


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