A 16 year old student is recuperating at a hospital in Teso North after he was attacked by mourners who alleged that he was practicing witchcraft on the fresh grave of his school mate.
Apparently the form two student from Deacons Secondary School was a class mate to the boy who was killed last week by a boda boda operator in what people call a love triangle.
The deceased’s sister claimed that the boy and the boda boda operator had had a confrontation regarding the boy’s girlfriend. The boda boda operator removed a pocket knife and stabbed the boy who died instantly.
Mourners on night vigil over the grave at Kolanya village said they saw a group of men approaching the grave and accosted them. The boy was arrested by the irate mourners and beaten severely while the other men escaped. He was however rescued by the area chief who answered to the distress call raised by the mourners.
Rogiers Opuru the area chief said the boy admitted to have been planning a witch craft ritual on the grave.
