KANUNGU – Police in Kanungu District have arrested one suspect and are actively pursuing another in connection with the murder of Moses Tugume, a 39-year-old resident of Matanda 1 cell in Kihihi sub-county, Kanungu District.
Elly Maate, the spokesperson for the Kigezi region police, identified the arrested suspect as David Nkwasibwe. Nkwasibwe is currently held for investigations at Kihihi Police station. The other suspect, still at large, has been identified as Musiibe.
According to Maate, the suspects are alleged to have committed the murder following a dispute that escalated while they were at Mwetonda William’s bar on 04/12/2023, at 10:00 PM, located in Kirinza trading centre in Kiruruma village, Kanungu district.
Maate reported that the lifeless body of Tugume was discovered on 06/12/2023, around 11:00 AM, in Kayembe village by Kato Rosemary, who was tending to her goats in the nearby bush. Tugume’s body displayed stab wounds, scratches, and a partially severed neck.
He noted that a team of detectives and the scene of crime officers from Kihihi Police station visited the scene, documented a sketch plan, took photographs of the area, and subsequently transported the body to Kihihi mortuary for postmortem examination. Following the examination, the body was handed over to the family for a dignified burial.
CUE IN MAATE….ON THE ARREST…RR/ENG//
