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ISO officer charged over death of Finnish national in Kampala

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Five people accused of  murdering a Finland national at Pearl of Africa Hotel in Nakasero- Kampala, have been charged and remanded to Luzira prison by Buganda Road Court.

The five are senior intelligence officer with  the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Appollo Kyabagye , the deceased’s girlfriend Fatuma Kabagambe, a one Caroline Alinda , a special hire driver Nasif Walusimbi and  Faridah Naggayi .

They faced four counts including  manslaughter , forgery , trafficking in drugs and consipiracy to commit a felony.

They denied the allegetion before Chief Magistrate James Ereemye Mawanda.

Prosecution states that on the February 06, 2018 at Pearl of Africa Hotel in Nakasero , the five are said to have connived to kill Thomas Juha Petteri Terasvouri  by  administering  to him narcotics which they allegedly sneaked  into his hotel  room .

Later on a  postmortem was carried out on the body and it  indicated that Terasvouri had been killed by drugs.

They return to court on April 05, 2018 of their case as police inquiries continue.

Reports indicated the Terasvouri  traveled to Uganda to sell weapons on behalf of the majority state-owned Finnish defence contractor Patria when the incident happened.

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