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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Police on Friday night rescued a 68-year-old woman in Kimanya-Kabonera Division, Masaka City after unidentified assailants raided her home.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2018We switched off lights when we saw them. Assailants vandalised the outside security lights and broke into the house,\u2019\u2019 Hanati Ndagire, a sister to Ms Nakirijja said.<\/p>\n

According to the village LC1 chairman, Mr Ronald Kateregga, the glasses of his doors and windows were also smashed a few minutes after 8pm as criminals ran riot in the area.<\/p>\n

The chairman’s house after the bandits attacked on August 27, 2021. PHOTO\/GERTRUDE MUTYABA<\/p>\n

Police under the command of ASP Godfrey Mwesigye fired live bullets after the families within the same vicinity raised alarm, forcing the unidentified assailants to flee towards unspecified directions.<\/p>\n

Ndagire told Daily Monitor that \u2018\u2018the attackers were more than six, armed with pangas and sticks and some dressed in unbranded red shirts with caps.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The victim has since been rushed to the hospital and security forces are deployed to guard her.<\/p>\n

A Daily Monitor journalist at the scene said presumed granddaughters to Ms Nakirijja were seen crying endlessly-wondering what had happened to them and why they were attacked.<\/p>\n

No arrest regarding this attack had been made by press time.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Earlier, President Museveni told the nation that the apparent ADF rebel group militants that have launched a terror campaign on innocent Ugandans “will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Police on Friday night rescued a 68-year-old woman in Kimanya-Kabonera Division, Masaka City after unidentified assailants raided her home. 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.” \u2018\u2018We switched off lights when we saw them. 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