JINJA, UGANDA: The police in Kiira region has arrested three suspects accused of chopping off the right palm of 15-year-old Shafic Sizomu, during a fight over pilao food.
The suspects currently detained at Jinja central police station include; Yasin Eguma, Ziyadi Akidi, and Norman Kabale.
The victim currently receiving at an undisclosed clinic is a resident of Wakalenge cell in Jinja City Northern division who had attended a graduation ceremony in the same area on Sunday evening when the incident happened.
According to ASP James Mubi, the Regional Police Spokesperson, Sizomu and his friends had lined up for food at the serving table when the suspects pushed them from the line and forcefully grabbed the rice-filled saucepan from them.
This sparked a fistfight between the two parties prompting one of the suspects to draw out a machete from his waist and chop off Sizomu’s palm before fleeing.
Mubi says that the suspects are set to be slapped with two charges of attempted murder and causing grievous body harm to their victim while the prime suspect only identified as Majid is still at large and efforts of tracking him down are underway.
He adds that detectives conducted a search in his rented room on Monday morning, where they recovered a blood-stained machete hidden under his bed.
Sizomu when approached for a comment said he is recovering steadily but fears that the permanent disability resulting from the cut will incapacitate him from handling his daily chores and wants the suspects to be prosecuted to avail him justice.
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