Uganda, Feb. 12 -- The police in Kayunga District have arrested 25 thugs suspected to be part of the machete-wielding gang that has been terrorising residents in the area.

The Kayunga District Police Commander, Ms Rosette Sikahwa, said on Monday that the gangsters had in two months hacked to death one person while 11 others in Kitimbwa and Busaana sub-counties are nursing grave injuries sustained from the attacks.

"After an outcry from leaders and residents, we carried an intelligence-led operation during which 25 suspects were apprehended. The notorious gang had created insecurity in the two sub-counties forcing residents to lock themselves in their houses by 7 pm," the DPC said.

She said the gangsters who call themselves B-13 have be...