Police in Kampala have arrested four suspects in connection with the death of a man following a fight in a bar in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District.
The deceased is said to have been with a blunt object following a scuffle, leading to his death.
The incident took place at Nyege Nyege style bar on Wednesday night.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Patrick Onyango said the police on Thursday found the body of the deceased, who is yet to be identified lying in a trench along Dick Kawesi road at Nabweru south cell 1, and approximately 100 meters away from a bar known as Nyege Nyege style bar.
“Police established that there was a scuffle/fighting in the same bar at around 0200hrs and the deceased is suspected to have been hit with a blunt object on the head and succumbed to injuries,” Onyango said in a statement.
HE said they suspect that the deceased was pulled from the bar and later dumped in the trench.
“There were some blood drops from the bar up to the road. It’s further revealed that the fight started with Regean and Ssekango who are suspected to have hit the deceased with a blunt object on the head,” he said.
He said the deceased is a male adult aged approximately 23 years not known by the locals of the area.
Onyango said the arrested suspects are detained at Lubigi police post while the body has been taken to the city mortuary, pending a postmortem.