{"id":1523,"date":"2026-06-12T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/mitooma-popular-kidnap-vitim-rescued-alive-3-arrested\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:48:00","slug":"mitooma-popular-kidnap-vitim-rescued-alive-3-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/mitooma-popular-kidnap-vitim-rescued-alive-3-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"MITOOMA POPULAR KIDNAP: VITIM RESCUED ALIVE, 3 ARRESTED &#8211; MK Newslink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPost Views: 22&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tBY TWESIGYE AGGRYIN MITOOMA\u2014\u2013<br \/>\nPolice in Mitooma District have rescued a kidnap victim and arrested three suspects following a coordinated intelligence-led operation conducted across districts, according to the Greater Bushenyi Police spokesperson, SP Apollo Tayebwa.<br \/>\nThe victim, identified as Israel Twesigye , 45, a resident of Sherere Village in Rwaburunga Sub-county, Mitooma District, was allegedly kidnapped on June 5, 2026, by a group of suspects who disguised themselves in police-like branded T-shirts.<br \/>\nAccording to SP Tayebwa, the suspects abducted the victim using a motor vehicle registration number UAV 595G before demanding a ransom of Shs30 million from his relatives in exchange for his release.<br \/>\nPolice immediately launched investigations after receiving the report and deployed tracking teams to pursue critical leads. Through intelligence gathering and coordinated tracking efforts, the suspects were traced to Sembabule District\u2026<br \/>\nOn June 7, 2026, police successfully rescued Twesigye alive and arrested three suspects identified as Tumwebaze Onan, Kakunguru Jacob and Naserenga Haustine\u2026<br \/>\nSP Tayebwa said the motor vehicle allegedly used in the commission of the crime was recovered and is being held as an exhibit at Mitooma Police Station to aid ongoing investigations.<br \/>\nPolice said efforts are underway to apprehend other accomplices who remain at large.<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mknewslink.com\/mitooma-popular-kidnap-vitim-rescued-alive-3-arrested\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Post Views: 22&#13; BY TWESIGYE AGGRYIN MITOOMA\u2014\u2013 Police in Mitooma District have rescued a kidnap victim and arrested three suspects following a coordinated intelligence-led operation conducted across districts, according to the Greater Bushenyi Police spokesperson, SP Apollo Tayebwa. The victim, identified as Israel Twesigye , 45, a resident of Sherere Village in Rwaburunga Sub-county, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3659155457675267_172535249438148":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false],"large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false],"tie-small":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK-110x75.jpg",110,75,true],"tie-medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK-220x165.jpg",220,165,true],"tie-large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK-220x205.jpg",220,205,true],"slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false],"big-slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MITOOMA-POPULAR-KIDNAP-VITIM-RESCUED-ALIVE-3-ARRESTED-MK.jpg",220,229,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}