Police in Sheema District are investigating a gruesome incident in which a 27-year-old businesswoman was hacked to death by her alleged lover, who later took his own life.
The deceased, identified as Allen Turyasiima, a resident of Kangore Cell in Rugazi Parish, Masheruka Sub-county, was attacked inside her shop at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
According to SP Apollo Tayebwa, the Greater Bushenyi Police spokesperson, the suspected killer, Osward Mushumbusha, a mechanic in his 20s and resident of Kabusye Cell in Masheruka Town Council, allegedly murdered Turyasiima, who was eight months pregnant, after she ended their secret affair when her husband discovered it.
Tayebwa said Mushumbusha, armed with a panga, stormed the victim’s shop and hacked her several times, leaving her lifeless in a pool of blood.
He later fled the scene and committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree about one kilometer away. Police also recovered a blood-stained panga believed to have been used in the attack.
Both bodies were taken to Kabwohe Health Centre IV for postmortem examinations as investigations into the shocking incident continue.
