KANUNGU – Police in Kanungu District are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of a 13-year-old female teenager, Constance Kakuru, in Kihembe Sub County.
The deceased, a pupil at Kashesha Primary School and a resident of Rukarara Village, was allegedly murdered by Joshua Turyasingura.
The incident unfolded on Thursday around 8:00 PM, as detailed in the police statement. Earlier that evening, at approximately 7:00 PM near Ntabarwe hill in Rukarara village, Constance, accompanied by her twin sister Kato Vastina, James, and Ntuuri, encountered Joshua. The suspect reportedly asked Constance to buy him Waragi.
According to the police, Ntuuri and the deceased stayed with the suspect while Kato, the twin sister, tried to persuade Constance to go home.
Despite Kato’s efforts, Constance did not return home. Kato informed her mother that Constance, along with Ntuuri, remained behind with the suspect. Tragically, Constance’s body was discovered in the banana plantations the next day at around 9:00 AM by Yaredi.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, confirmed the incident, stating that the police were notified, visited the scene, and documented the details.
Maate revealed disturbing details about the condition of the victim’s body, indicating signs of sexual assault, possible hitting injuries, strangulation, and bleeding from the nose.
The police recovered the deceased’s knickers, stained with blood, hidden under her body behind the head.
The body was subsequently transported to Kihihi mortuary hospital for postmortem examination and later handed over to the family for burial.
