There
are two videos circulating in the social media alleging that these are victims
of COVID19.
One video shows two men lying on the road and another indicating that people
fell from a building.
However, Police says these are not victims of Corona Virus.
In
a statement dated March24, 2020, SP Patrick Onyango (pictured)-PRO –Kampala Metropolitan
Police says the first video was an incident that happened at Blue Room in
Central Kampala, where by one person was drunk, lost consciousness and fell
down.
“The other person as he was walking, he accidentally knocked a pole and lost
consciousness. Police was informed and responded,
took the victims to Mulago Hospital, where they are recovering,” Police say.
The second video is an incident that happened at 2K Restaurant Bukasa, last night.
It’s alleged
that a group of brokers, after selling a property, went to the Restaurant. They
ordered for the eats but others developed criminal minds and laced the
colleagues’ food with unknown substance, likely to be chloroform. After eating
they lost consciousness.
Workers of the Restaurant informed Police, who
timely responded and took the victims to hospital.
“Police carried out preliminary investigations and
immediately conducted search. Two suspects were arrested and Shs. 14 million
recovered. The suspects are: Ssengendo Hussein and Mubiru Ahmed. The two are
currently detained at Old Kampala Police Station.
The victims that were taken to Mulago Hospital are:
Ntambi Adat and Abudurahim Kalema.
These incidents were not in any way related to
Corona Virus,” Police say.
