Police in Rubanda district, western Uganda have in custody a man who had allegedly kidnapped two children for ritual sacrifice.
The suspect in detention has been identified as Apollo Basajja, 24, a known local upcoming artist. He was arrested on Friday.
Besides music, Apollo also washes cars in Ntungamo town but hails from Kishanjje cell in Nyakabungo ward, Rubanda district.
He was caught red handed allegedly kidnapping two kids identified as Turyazayo Eriphazi male aged seven, a pupil at God’s Mercy Nursery School and Ayebare Racious male aged eight, a primary two pupil.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed that he was going to sacrifice the kids to boost his music career.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Police spokesperson confirmed the development.
Human sacrifice is widely understood to indicate the ritualistic killing of people for the purpose of pleasing, propitiating, or forcing a god or supernatural being in the hopes of achieving a desired result.
Distinct from prayers, which offer a form of communication through praise or intentions to a deity, sacrificial offerings take the form of objects of value which hold personal or symbolic significance.
