A 21 year old student at Solberg College has committed suicide on Easter Sunday in Kabale District.
The deceased has been identified as Kiconco Nikita a resident of Rutoma cell, Nyabikoni ward, Central Division in Kabale Municipality.
According to Denis Tumwesigye (44) the school Head Teacher, the deceased has been among about 60 students that had remained at school as others left for Easter holiday.
Tusiime said that today while the students left the school for prayers at Nyabikoni Church of Ugandaat around 10:30Am, only two (02) students that include Kiconco Nikita and Tusiime Alice remained at the school in different Dormitories, where Kiconco claimed to have not been feeling well and was on medication.
Tusiime said that at around 1:00Pm, when the students came back from church, they found the body of Kiconco Nikita hanging with the rope tied around her neck and up on the timber at the roof. He said that students made an alarm which attracted the matron who informed the school head teacher and upon him seeing the body he immediately reported the matter to Kabale Central Police station.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi region Police spokesman said that upon receiving the information, a case file of suspected suicide was opened at Kabale police station and the homicide team under the command of D/IP Barijunaki Samuel the acting o/c cid Kabale Cps visited the scene of crime and documented it.
Maate said that the body was retrieved from the scene, taken to Kabale referral hospital mortuary for examination.
