Summary:
- The suspects, Kwizera Desire and his wife Uwingabire, were arrested last Saturday in Kisoro District while attempting to flee.
KABALE: Police in Kabale District have arrested two Rwandan nationals who allegedly murdered an 83-year-old man in Kitumba Sub County.
The deceased, identified as Geoffrey Twinomujuni Ntegyire, was a resident of Karujabura cell in Kitumba sub county of Kabale district.
The suspects, Kwizera Desire and his wife Uwingabire, were arrested last Saturday in Kisoro District while attempting to flee.
According to a police statement, the incident occurred last Friday around 8:00 PM at the home of the deceased in Karujabura cell. The suspects, with malice aforethought, caused Ntegyire’s death using a hammer.
After the murder, the suspects packed some of the deceased’s property, including a mattress, an iron box, a radio, a suitcase, and a bicycle, and escaped.
The police statement also revealed that the suspects had been living with the deceased as helpers and escaped unnoticed after committing the crime.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, confirmed the arrests. He stated that the suspects were intercepted at the Bunagana border by security personnel. They lacked relevant documents and were arrested, only to be identified as the perpetrators of the murder.
Maate said that the suspects confessed to the crime, citing frequent quarrels with the deceased in a language they could not understand as their motive.
He added that upon completion of the investigation, the suspects would be arraigned before the courts of law to face charges.
