| Murder
case overwhelms cop (04/06/2000)
Police commander Freddie Kayima has waited long enough for Uganda's
top cops to make it to his patch of the western jungle, where a
cult site and its ominous secrets stood unstudied.
Kayima - 33, impatient and utterly unequipped - decided to go it
alone in what could be the world's largest murder investigation.
Since a March 17 fire burned hundreds of cult members to death
in a slipshod chapel in Kanungu, Uganda's cash-strapped police have
struggled to keep up with the discovery of hundreds more hacked,
strangled bodies in pits - falling behind so badly that they are
considering a formal international appeal for the most basic gear
such as rubber gloves.
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