FORMER MUNTUNYERA HIGH SCHOOL HEADTEACHER BURNT TO DEATH BY WIFE.
By our reporter
In Rukungiri
Police in Rukungiri are holding a woman for allegedly murdering his husband the retired head teacher of Muntuyera high school Kitunga.
The arrested has been identified as Keroyi Bamanyisa 70 a resident of Bwambara trading center Bwambara Sub County Rukungiri district.
It is suspected that Keroyi put on fire his husband Adonia Bamanyisa 77 in the visitors’ bedroom after the two had a misunderstanding in the night of Wednesday.
According one of the grand children (Names Withheld) , the two had a heavy quarrel before the woman started beating the man who later moved to the visitors’ bedroom which the old woman locked from outside.
“After we had super grandmother started quarreling with our grandfather, then grandmother asked us, me and my brother to go to bed then we heard them fight and what we saw next was fire and grandfather asking that we open for him,” the child said.
“Grandmother said we don’t open, then we jumped out through the window, and grandmother also went out as fire increased we called people to help us by the time fire was put out grandfather was dead”.
According to one of the sisters of the deceased the two have been at log heads for many years, but, because the man was learned he kept quiet from the inside.
“I one day witnessed Keroyi beat the Adonia, accusing him of having other women in the trading center I helped calmed the situation but my brother told me he was tired of the wife’s acts”. She said.
The Rukungiri district police criminal investigating officer, Onesmus Kamugisha confirmed the arrest of one suspect Keroyi Bamanyisa and said samples of exhibits like generator, burnt mattress and others have been taken as investigations commence.
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