KABALE: Police in Kabale District are hunting for unknown assailants who brutally murdered Feredian Ndyebwooha, a resident of Bugarama Village in Buhara Sub County.
According to Erias Tunjunwooha, 53, the area chairperson of Bugarama Village in Buhara Parish, the deceased was allegedly killed on Saturday night between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM. The assailants remain unidentified.
Tunjunwooha, who reported the incident to Buhara Police Station on Sunday, said the deceased—who lived alone—was found lying in a pool of blood in one of her bedrooms. The body was discovered by a resident identified as Taremwa Meduis.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, confirmed the incident on Monday. He stated that the Officer in Charge (OC) of the area, along with other officers, responded promptly to the report. The District Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer was alerted and led a team of homicide detectives to the scene.
Maate said a case file of murder has been opened, and the crime scene was thoroughly examined and documented. Statements were recorded from relevant witnesses, and the body was taken to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital for a postmortem.
He further revealed that a hoe suspected to be the murder weapon found with blood stains was recovered from the scene and has been kept as an exhibit to aid in investigations.
Police are appealing to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects to come forward and assist in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
