Ugandan police on Monday said that they have arrested three suspects in connection with last week’s murder of a Chinese woman in the Country’s central district of Mukono.
Polly Namaye, the deputy police spokesperson, told Xinhua in an interview that the three suspects are being held over the Friday shooting of the 60-year-old Yang Yeshu, a branch cashier at Nile Steel and Plastics Company Limited in Mukono.
“We have taken witness statements, got exhibits and extracted the video footage from the security cameras to help in the prosecution,” she said.
Namaye declined to name the suspects for fear of jeopardizing the on-going investigations.
The footage from the security cameras shows two men armed with a pistol entering the factory premises, located along the Kampala-Jinja highway, using a motorcycle.
The duo briefly talked with the victim before pulling out a pistol and shot her dead.
“From the footage she died while trying to fight for her life. We shall ensure those who carried out this brutal murder are brought to book,” said Namaye.
Yang became the third Chinese woman to have been killed in the east African country in less than a year.
The two other Chinese women were stabbed to death in Kikoni in February, a suburb in the capital Kampala.
Uganda has recently recorded a number of mysterious deaths of women in the Wakiso District.
According to a report by the Daily Monitor, at least 11 women have been killed in Entebbe and 8 others in Nansana between May and August this year.
The Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, has attributed the women murders to ritual sacrifices.
According to Kayihura, a suspect connected to the murders confessed to have killed at least eight women on orders of a business tycoon in Nansana for his ritual satisfaction to get more wealth.
