Uganda, Oct. 24 -- Police in Mbarara have arrested four people suspected to have robbed and murdered Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) second year medicine student on Friday last week.

On Friday last week at 5:30am Brain Akampurira 20, a second-year student at MUST pursuing medicine was found lying dead in Taso village with marks of serious struggle on his body. Since then police has been hunting for criminals who ambushed the boy and hacked him to death as insecurity intensified in Mbarara.

"Due to the growing insecurity around MUST and Law Development Center Mbarara branch at students' hostels, Mbarara district security committee headed by the Resident district commissioner has come out with resolutions to curb the gro...