Police at Kyabi in Sembabule district has saved 4 people from being lynched for stealing a goat.
The suspects in Police custody have been identified as Gerald Nuwagaba27, Michael Tumusiime 34, Matthias Karuhanga and Anthony Sanga 47, all residents of Nkaaka Village, Lugusulu Sub County in Sembabule district.
It is alleged that the group last night attacked Eric Nuwagaba’s farm and made away with one goat which they slaughtered and ate meat.
This prompted locals to mount a search for the missing goat and they find its remains at the group’s home.
Locals pounced on the group and started beating them up and it took the intervention of police that saved them from being lynched by the angry mob.