Marauding dogs in Ssembabule maul & kill 6 year old child
Police facts indicate that the victim was a resident of Kayunga "B" village, Manyama Parish Mitete sub-county in Ssembabule district.
The Territorial Police in Ssembabule is actively searching for the owner of a pack of dangerous dogs that attacked and killed Matovu Dan, a 6-year-old boy, who was heading to the garden to meet his mother.
Police facts indicate that the victim was a resident of Kayunga “B” village, Manyama Parish Mitete sub-county in Ssembabule district.
He had returned from Kyebongotoko School at around 4:30 pm and followed his mother to the garden.
Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson, noted that while on his way to the garden, Matovu came across a pack of dangerous dogs which attacked and inflicted fatal injuries on him.
“The mother of the victim who responded to the alarm found that the dogs had shredded all the clothes of the victim and his body covered with bite marks. Upon further checking, she found his lower abdomen ripped, letting out part of the intestines. The victim died at the scene,” he said.
Police strongly appealed to anyone within Mateete who knows or has information that can lead to the owner of the pack of deadly dogs that killed an innocent primary pupil to avail it.