Manhunt for Escaped Serial Killer After Insider-Aided Breakout

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has offered a cash reward for information that leads to the arrest of Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, a suspected serial killer who escaped police custody on Tuesday. The DCI has issued a public appeal, promising a “significant cash reward” for credible tips on the suspect’s location.

The public is urged to confidentially report any leads through police hotlines 911, 999, or 112 or by visiting the nearest police station. Khalusha is among 13 suspects who broke out of the Gigiri Police Station in what authorities suspect was an insider-aided escape.

The two police officers on duty, the cell sentry and the duty officer are under investigation for possibly facilitating the breakout. A fraud suspect detained at the station on the night of the escape revealed that the suspects did not flee by cutting the wire mesh in the cells’ basking bay, contrary to initial assumptions.

The Gigiri Police Station has six cell cubes, three on each side of a corridor. Khalusha, a murder suspect from Kware, was held in a cell at the far end. Since his detention on July 17th, his cell door had remained locked, and he was chained to the floor on an elevated metal sheet inside the cube.

Adjacent to Khalusha’s cell were four detainees who did not escape. In comparison, 12 Eritrean detainees in the neighboring cube escaped along with Khalusha. The fraud suspect witnessed the escape and said he was brought to the cells around 9 p.m. that night and was allowed to keep some money. He confirmed that the duty officer conducted a roll call shortly after midnight. Still, the officer walked away without locking the cell doors.

According to the witness, all the suspects, including Khalusha, were already in the corridor outside their cubes when he arrived at the cells. Khalusha had been unchained, and his cell door was open. The handcuffs that had restrained him were found discarded in his cell.

The witness also claimed to have seen two police officers accepting money from one of the Eritrean detainees. Afterward, the officers left for the canteen, with one appearing intoxicated. Insiders later confirmed that a corporal known for being drunk on duty was involved. Once the officers were gone, the 13 suspects simply walked out of the station through the report desk and vanished into the night.

At around 5:45 a.m., a woman who serves breakfast to the detainees noticed some were missing and quickly informed the officers on duty. However, it took time for the senior command to be notified of the escape. The witness has since identified the two police officers involved, and a manhunt is now underway for the escapees.