Family accuses prison warders of beating teenager to death in Arua

On Thursday morning, relatives and locals from the Prison Cell area in Arua City Central Division brought the body of a 17-year-old boy to the Uganda Prisons Regional Offices, accusing prison warders of torturing him to death.

The deceased, identified as Felix Afeku, a barber and resident of the Prison Cell in Kenya Ward, Arua City Central Division, allegedly died after being beaten by prison warders under unclear circumstances.

Gerald Andruga, a sibling of the deceased who was also arrested, is currently receiving treatment at Arua Regional Referral Hospital, where he remains in…