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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have tasked a team of detectives from the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID to investigate the kidnap and subsequent death of musician Michael Kalinda alias Ziggy Wine. Kalinda breathed his last at Mulago National Referral Hospital this morning.
The deceased was found in a devastating state on Friday evening. His assailants cut off his fingers and gouged out one of the eyes. Kalinda was bruised and could hardly recognize anybody by the time he was discovered at Mulago hospital, where he had been alleged dumped by his captors.
Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, says a team of homicide detectives has started tracing the thugs who kidnapped Kalinda from Gganda in Wakiso District. According to Enanga, detectives from Kawempe Police Division will work along CID homicide officers to establish circumstances under, which Kalinda was kidnapped, maimed leading to his death.
He says the detectives will retrieve footage from the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at Mulago hospital for clues on who could have dropped the deceased at Mulago hospital. The deceased’s family has since notified police that they have been getting death threats from anonymous people warning them not to speak about his kidnap.
Enanga urged the deceased’s relatives to participate in the investigations by sharing information and particulars of the people threatening them. Ziggy Wine was a member of the Fire Base Crew under the Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. He was donning red, the colours of the People Power political pressure group when he was kidnapped.
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