RUKIGA MAN STRANGLED TO DEATH, TWO FAMILY MEMBERS ARRESTED 

By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Rukiga—

Police in Rukiga is investigating circumstances under which a 74 year old man was murdered.

Elly Maate, the Kigezi regional police spokesperson identified the deceased as Paul Kizirimba a resident of Nyabunyugu cell, Kibanda parish Kamwezi sub- county in Rukiga district.

Maate said that the deceased returned home from his garden at around 1700hrs and he kept home and at around 2100hrs, every person in the home entered his house for a night.

Maate added that in yesterday’s morning at about 0900hrs the deceased couldn’t wake up which forced the family members to break into his house as alleged and only to find him dead.

Police at Kamwezi were notified and responded to the scene to have it preserved for the attention of the SOCO.

Scene was visited and processed by SOCO, two suspects, family members whose particulars are not revealed not to jeopardize investigations were arrested for questioning.

The case of murder by strangulation was noted down at Rukiga central police station under case file number CRB 005/2022.