KAMPALA, Uganda | Police in Busoga East have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the killing of Karim Mwase, the Lira Assistant Resident City Commissioner, who has been murdered and his body dumped in Nakalama Sub-county along the Iganga-Bugiri Highway.

According to police reports, the unknown assailants intercepted Mwase on his way from Bugweri District, where he had attended a public function on Sunday.

The Iganga Deputy Resident District Commissioner Kato Dauda said the attackers abandoned Mwase’s lifeless body inside his vehicle. Authorities transferred the body to Iganga General Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem.

Police detectives have been dispatched to reconstruct the crime scene and collect exhibits of evidential value to aid the investigation.