KANUNGU: P7 Pupils kidnapped near Congo border, Captors demand USD3000 ransom
April 23, 2019
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Dan Tweheyo, 16, and Ronald Niwagaba, 18, all primary seven pupils of Rukarara Primary School in Kanyantorogo sub-county, Kanungu district were freed last evening after Shs3.5 million ransom was paid.
This after they were kidnapped by gunmen who then crossed in to neighboring DR Congo before asking for USD 3, 000 ransom.
Security sources say it was after negotiation with kidnappers when the victims’ father wired money through an MTN Uganda mobile money number 0777403409.
“They were received by the family members last evening and they are in good health condition,” a source said.
Regional Police spokesperson Elly Maate confirmed that the duo was freed but said it was early to reveal what he described operational details.
Tweheyo and Niwagaba were harvesting matooke in their uncle’s garden in Rushuro district, DR Congo when gunmen kidnapped them.
They were eight in number working on a banana plantation belonging to Gadi Mirimo.
Six others were let go.
Later, kidnappers phoned their father Enoth Mirimo and asked for USD 3, 000 in ransom.
The matter is being investigated Vide CRR 078/2019 of Kihihi.
