Police in Rubanda District are investigating the murder of a 55-year-old man, Dismus Niyonzima alias Sebuhinja, a resident of Habuhinga Village, Ikamiro Parish, Muko Sub-county.
Niyonzima was reportedly killed at an unknown time on Monday night near Kabaya Primary School in Ikamiro Parish. He had allegedly sold beans worth Shs 220,000 earlier that day and was last seen around 10:00 PM leaving Centenary’s Bar in the trading center with his wife.
According to police reports, the couple was walking home when the wife moved ahead, as they had left their children unattended at home, leaving Niyonzima behind. Upon reaching home and realizing he had not arrived, she went back to search for him but could not locate him.
On Tuesday morning, at around 7:00 AM, a pupil at Kabaya Primary School discovered Niyonzima’s lifeless body lying in a pool of blood near the school’s water tank. The pupil alerted a teacher, who identified the body and reported the incident to Muko Police.
Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, Elly Maate, confirmed that the scene was visited, processed, and documented.
He said that statements were obtained from witnesses, and an exhibit, a piece of brick stained with suspected blood was recovered. A postmortem examination was also conducted.
Maate said that investigations into the murder are ongoing as police hunt for the unknown suspect(s).
