Police in Kabale District are investigating the circumstances under which a male adult, only identified as Biryabarema, was found dead in what is suspected to be a case of murder.
According to police reports, the incident occurred at an unknown date and time in Buhoro Village, Rwene Parish, Buhara Sub-county, Kabale District.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, stated that on Wednesday at around 1:10 PM, the body of the deceased, identified through a Rwandan national ID found on him was discovered lying in a sorghum plantation.
Maate added that a team of officers from Kabale Central Police Station (CPS) visited the scene, conducted a thorough examination and documentation, and recorded statements from local leaders, relatives and other residents.
Maate noted that the body was then retrieved and taken to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital mortuary for a postmortem examination.