Latiibu Lwanga, a Nsangi Secondary School student met his death after his fellow students hit him with bricks over a girl as they were returning from a party on Saturday night.
The three students who were arrested over the tragic incident revealed that Lwanga was the incident occurred past midnight after a fight over a girl.
A security guard at Kaasi Kaasi Jelly Company tried to rescue the victim but he found him severely wounded. His colleagues instantly fled away when they sighted the guard. The security guard then took him at Victor clinic in Nsangi. He then contacted his father who moved him to three hospitals Lubaga, Nsambya and Nakasero for a scan before he passed on.
Ephraim Mutatine an officer in charge of investigations at Nsangi Police Station confirmed the death of Lwanga.
“Lwanga was hit with a brick on his head by fellow students who were fighting for a girl. The two schools Nsangi Secondary School and Standard high school, Nsangi in the same neighbourhood held parties on Saturday evening. The party at Standard High School ended a bit earlier and the students of Standard high school decided to move to Nsangi Secondary school. It was from there that the fight broke out as they were walking to the neighbouring school ,’’ Bukedde reported.
The father of the late was in utter shock. He had spent the morning hours with his son and by evening, his son was dying in his arms.
“I last saw him on Friday night as he was serving me tea. On Saturday morning I woke up at 8am when he was already out of home. Because I did not know where he had gone moreover on a Saturday, I called on his phone and he told me he had gone to attend a party at their school,’’ he stated.
Police is still carrying out investigations.