KANUNGU POLICE CONSTABLE SETS HIMSELF ABLAZE OVER FAMILY CONFLICTS

By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kanungu

Police in Kanungu district are investigating circumstances under which a newly recruited Special Police Constable committed suicide after he allegedly set himself ablaze

The deceased is one Abeireho Lovis resident of Nyakatare cell Western ward Kanungu Town council Kanungu District

It’s alleged that on the 13 February 2021 he got into a conflict with his wife, and he was thrown out of the house since it was the wife’s.

 3 days later, on 16th February this year at around 06:00hrs near the home, he poured petrol onto himself and set himself ablaze.

According Elly Maate the Kigezi region Police spokesperson, residents tried to rescue to Katate health center four where he was later in the evening referred to Mbarara hospital and on their way around Kambuga, he was pronounced dead.

Maate said that because his parents who were formally residents of Rukinga District migrated to Kyegegwa District in Tooro, thus the ambulance directly conveyed the body to Kyegegwa where postmortem will be done.

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