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Police arrest suspects over Magara murder
Police said they have received good clues on the killers of Susan Magara and some security sources said several suspects have been arrested over the kidnap and murder
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- Assurance. In his condolence message on Wednesday, President Museveni said the killers will tracked and arrested since they left a trail of evidence behind them.
Kampala. Police said they have received good clues on the killers of Susan Magara and some security sources said several suspects have been arrested over the kidnap and murder.
However, the arrests could not be officially confirmed as police spokesman Emilian Kayima declined to confirm or deny them.
Nevertheless, Mr Kayima told Daily Monitor that police had received “overwhelming” response from the public volunteering information about the killers, including clues about the man whose voice was heard in a recording of a communication between Susan’s father and the kidnappers. “The response has been very good. Many people have called and given us useful information on who could be the person in the recording. What I can say is that the information they are providing is crucial. We are still scrutinising it,” he said.
On Tuesday, police announced a bounty of Shs100m to any member of the public who would volunteer information leading to identification and arrest of the killers. Mr Kayima said responses from the public have provided important leads to the investigations.
Susan, a cashier with Bwendero Dairy Farm, was kidnapped on Kabaka Anjagala Road in Rubaga Division on February 7. The kidnappers killed her despite having demanded and obtained a ransom of about Shs700m from the family and later dumped her body at Kitiko near Entebbe Expressway in the night running into Tuesday morning.
A source said yesterday police were holding about 11 people to help them in the investigations into Susan’s murder.
Some of the suspects, the source said, had been on the police’s wanted list since Susan’s kidnap. The source said the police’s Flying Squad Unit (FSU) could not arrest them for fear it would jeopardise the negotiations between the family and the kidnappers, which were still going on at that time.
