Police on Friday night rescued a 68-year-old woman in Kimanya-Kabonera Division, Masaka City after unidentified assailants raided her home.
The old lady identified as Joweria Nakirijja reportedly collapsed and fell to the ground after thugs said: “Let’s see who will come to save you.”
‘‘We switched off lights when we saw them. Assailants vandalised the outside security lights and broke into the house,’’ Hanati Ndagire, a sister to Ms Nakirijja said.
According to the village LC1 chairman, Mr Ronald Kateregga, the glasses of his doors and windows were also smashed a few minutes after 8pm as criminals ran riot in the area.
Police under the command of ASP Godfrey Mwesigye fired live bullets after the families within the same vicinity raised alarm, forcing the unidentified assailants to flee towards unspecified directions.
Ndagire told media that ‘‘the attackers were more than six, armed with pangas and sticks and some dressed in unbranded red shirts with caps.’’
The victim has since been rushed to the hospital and security forces are deployed to guard her.
