By Anthony Kushaba
apearlnews.com
Police have recovered the guns used in the attack on Gen.Katumba Wamala that claimed the lives of her daughter Brenda Nantongo and Haruna Kayondo , and the attempted murder of General Katumba Wamala and his body guard Sgt. Koboyoit Khalid.
Sources from police indicate that the gun was recovered from Namuwongo.
According to Maj.Gen. Paul Lokech the deputy inspector general of police, all the suspects who are fully cooperating with the team of investigators, led them to Serwadda Juma, a Chapat seller in Namuwongo, who upon arrest led the team to the home of Juma Saidi, a bodaboda rider, located in Namuwongo-Kanyogoga village, Bukasa Parish, Kampala City.
Upon arrest, JUMA SAIDI, who acts as a custodian of the weapons by the terror group, led the team to his poultry house, and removed two guns and a pistol, that he had wrapped in a polythene bag and strategically buried underneath the ground.
The recovered guns had been transferred from Kisasi to Nansana, Kawanda and then Namuwongo-Kanyogoga, clearly showing how active the domestic terror cell was.
We have now recovered the two suspected killer guns, four motorcycles used in the planning, preparation and execution of the many plots, bomb making materials, Al-Qaeda training manuals, several Western Union transfer receipts with foreign funders, T-shirts used in surveillance, mobile phones and an assortment of other exhibits. A pistol was also recovered.
The above mentioned exhibits and evidence gathered from witnesses, both public and private CCTV footages, and Forensic Analysis is very consistent with acts of domestic terrorism and extremism.
Authorities further revealed that they are processing them on charges of terrorism and the aggravated robberies committed at Nansana Cheap hardware stores, the Robbery and Murder at Ntake Bakery Kalerwe, as well as the Robbery and Murder at Mpererwe Supermarket.
Police add that they are expanding investigations and operations to ensure all emerging domestic terror cells are cracked down, and the remaining remnants identified and brought to book.
Police is also hunting for the group’s overall coordinator Sheikh Abudin Hubaida Taheel Bukenya who is reportedly on the run.
