Police in Kanungu District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 30-year-old woman, Atwikirize Mackline, whose body was discovered on Saturday morning at the playground of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church.
Atwikirize, a resident of Mukirwa Cell in Mukirwa Parish, Kinaaba Sub-county, had on Friday sold a pig and matooke, earning Shs 900,000. She reportedly used part of the money to purchase clothes at Kinaaba market before heading to a local bar in the evening.
Witnesses said she was seen drinking alcohol with a group of unidentified men.
According to police, Atwikirize left the bar around 11:00 PM in the company of the same men. The following morning, children heading to the garden found her lifeless body lying at the church playground.
Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson Elly Maate confirmed that the crime scene was visited and a sniffer dog was deployed, leading to the arrest of one suspect who is currently assisting with investigations.
Maate said that postmortem examination was conducted at the scene, and the body was later handed over to the family for burial.
