Police have so far apprehended 15 suspects in line with the murders in the greater Masaka region.
According to the Police spokesperson Fred Enanga, security agencies are trying their best to ensure that all the suspects behind the murders are arrested.
Speaking to the media at Naguru Police headquarters, Enanga said preliminary investigations indicate that there are 3 cells of organized criminal gangs that are terrorizing the districts of Masaka and Lwengo.
The machete welding gangs reportedly have been dumping leaflets after the murders threatening to attack people in Lwengo from house to house and are reportedly now targeting 35 people.
Police explained that locals in these areas have concealed information fearing for their dear lives.
Enanga has advised people with elderly relatives in Masaka and Lwengo districts living in isolation to relocate them to safer place in the meantime.
“It’s almost five weeks since these murders started. They have been attacking the elderly, and other vulnerable people found walking beyond curfew,” he said.
He further explained that the assailants move on motorcycles and vehicles
“Our joint team continues to pursue important clues characteristic of these assailants, for example, dropping leaflets warning residents that they are going to attack them,†he said.
“We are looking at engaging the relatives of the most vulnerable, the elderly. We want to come up with a protection arrangement for them, especially those staying alone,”
The murders started on July 21st in Kamenyamigo village after two boda boda men were hacked to death.