[SimoneFlen']

A video is viral on social media showing two men strangling a bike rider and hitting him on the head with a stone to steal his bike. The video is being circulated with the message – “Be careful at nights while giving lift to unknown”. Other variants of the message have also been shared – “kisi ko lift dete time 100 baar socho (think 100 times before giving a lift to someone).”


It is quite viral on WhatsApp, however, the clip has not been shared with any additional details of when and where the incident occured.

The video is also circulating with a Hindi text – “किसी को लिफ्ट देने से पहले जरूर सोचिए (Think before giving somebody a lift.)”


Video from Uganda
A Keyword search on YouTube led Alt News to a June 30, 2019 video which suggested that the incident took place in Uganda. As per the description, “The Uganda Police in Kampala are currently investigating a gruesome murder of a boda boda rider, by two unidentified robbers on Friday night who murdered him as he was driving them to an unknown destination.” Boda Boda is a motorcycle taxi service common in East Africa. The victim wasn’t giving a lift but was taking passengers.

We also found various articles and videos from multiple African websites, including Softpower News and SDE, which said that the video is of a robbery that took place on June 29, 2019 in Kampala district, Uganda. The incident was captured on CCTV cameras of a nearby nursery and primary school. The robbers posed as clients and attacked a Boda Boda rider, strangled and hit him with a stone repeatedly to kill him.

A video from NTV Uganda’s YouTube channel shows the crime scene, identifies the victim and gives details of the whole event, including the people who found the body and also a statement from the police.

The Uganda Police Force also released an official statement with details of the incident on their website. It said, “The territorial police in Old Kampala Divisional Headquarters is actively investigating a gruesome murder of a boda boda rider by two unidentified male robbers, who posing as clients, attacked, strangled and repeatedly hit him with a stone to the head, killing him instantly. They immediately after, stole his motorcycle and fled from the scene. The incident, which occurred on 29th June 2019 at around 0400 am, at Kakeeka Zone, Rubaga Division, in the Kampala district, was captured on CCTV cameras…at the moment, our cyber forensic experts are analyzing the CCTV footage for facial recognition and formal identification of the suspects…”

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by Oscar99 ↗

Was there any need to continue bashing his skull with a rock when he was more or less strangled to death anyway

They killed him and took off with his bike, phone, National ID and wallet.
Hope they get caught and put to death

[fred5079]

wow they gave him the gift that keep's on giving on return

[sweep100]

You could see what they were straight away, skinny, black and wearing flip flops.

[Susan]

He knew. That's why he pulled up in front of that camera and looked right up at it.

[SimoneFlen']

Originally Posted by SusanMarie ↗

He knew. That's why he pulled up in front of that camera and looked right up at it.

He dropped them off where they told him to. If he knew he was going to be killed, do you really think he would've stopped there?! He would've gone to a populated area or the police station, not play right into their hands.

[Susan]

Well there's not much story to it, is there? He could have known them, and known not to mess with them? They could have shown him weapons they had on themselves? We don't know much, do we? But he looked at that camera. I stand by what I said.

Fear can make you do strange things.. You think if you do as you're told you might be alright. Maybe he told them to get off there?

You just don't know. So, again, quit stalking my comments.

[philovan]

Originally Posted by skycloudsurfer ↗

They didn't have any gun or knife as you can see, one guy grabbed his neck and strangled him, the other guy is hitting his head with something that was on the road. Also it looks like a colony as windows, camera can be seen.

I think that you are probably right. Still, one can't be certain that a knife wasn't produced at the outset to get their way. While riding behind the driver it could've been held in such a way as not to be visible to the camera. However, this is mere speculation on my part with no evidence to back it up.

[John Doenut]

Bastards, killing a guy just trying to makes living.
Hope they get the tyrefire treatment.

[zombiemanoli]

Evil