Two persons have been reportedly dead after they drowned in Lake Victoria while they tried to escape with a pig they had stolen.
Locals at the Buleebi landing site, Mpunge sub-county in Mukono district have expressed that two serial thugs have been behind the theft of properties in the village including boat engines, fishing nets, and animals.
The deceased are Abdallah Maiso Waicha and Peter Badaaza both fishermen and residents of Buleebi landing site, Mpunge sub-county.
It is reported that the duo were spotted stealing a pig belonging to one of the locals identified as Sam Okwalinga on Monday evening.
Okwalinga sounded an alarm that attracted a huge crowd from the neighborhoods.
The crowd pursued the thugs with huge stones and clubs ,prompting the 2 to flee for their safety using a canoe which they had sailed at the lake shores.
As they paddled away, the canoe capsized ,drowning both men and the pig.
Joyful locals who had no kind words for the deceased say it gave them pleasure to watch the thugs drown to death.
The bodies of the deceased were retrieved by fishermen on Monday evening at about 7pm.
