Police in Masaka City on Friday night foiled an assassination attempt after criminals attacked a 68-year-old woman in Masaka City.
The old lady identified as Joweria Nakirijja reportedly collapsed and fell to the ground after thugs said: "Let's see who will come to save you."
‘‘We switched off lights when we saw them. Assailants vandalised the outside security lights and broke into the house,’’ Hanati Ndagire, a sister to Ms Nakirijja said.
According to the village LC1 chairman, Mr Ronald Kateregga, glasses of his doors and windows were also smashed few minutes after 8pm as criminals ran riot in the area.
Police under the command of ASP Godfrey Mwesigye fired live bullets after the families within the same vicinity raised alarm, forcing the unidentified lawbreakers to flee towards unspecified directions.
Ndagire told journalists that the, ‘‘the attackers were over 6 in number, armed with pangas and sticks- some dressed in red shirts with unbranded caps.’’
The victim has since been rushed to hospital and security forces are deployed to guard as Hanati is by her bedside.
No arrest regarding this attack had been made by press time.
Security Friday said some 38 people had been arrested with investigations underway on how 20 people have been hacked to death in one month by machete wielding men in the Masaka Sub region.
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