Hundreds of people have stormed the city Mortuary Mulago to look for the bodies of their relatives and friends.
Following the Kyagulanyi Sentamu Robert protest, many people reported dead and others injured. People came in big numbers to check if their people that were reported injured in the protest died.
Police who have been deployed at the mortuary found hard time to chase these people to avoid crowding at the city mortuary.
This website established that many of these people were not sure if their people died or they are still alive since they were critically injured.
Willy Mukiiba who claims that a friend known as Jimmy Muhwezi who was in town when the protest was on was critically injured and now they cannot tress his whereabouts.
“I had nothing to do other than coming here to check if my friend died. I first checked in the casualty ward and I did not find him there. Am now here to see if I may get him inside as a dead person,” Mukiibi says.
When the police officers realized that the numbers were increasing, they started stopping people who were trying to access the city mortuary premises.
Most of these people were furious and bitter, which the security suspects that they might end up causing chaos when they are not controlled.
Many people were critically injured in Wednesday’s protest and according to Dr Moses Byaruhanga, the chief pathologist of police said that they are compiling a report on how many people have been injured and killed in this protest.
