Summary:
- Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as David Karyamarwaki, a resident of Nyamabare village, Kitumba Sub County, Kabale District.
KABALE: Police in Kabale District are hunting for suspects in the killing of a 57-year-old man in Kitumba Sub County.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as David Karyamarwaki, a resident of Nyamabare village, Kitumba Sub County, Kabale District.
Maate reported that the deceased’s body was discovered in his house on Monday. He explained that, at an unknown time on the same day, unknown assailant(s) broke into Karyamarwaki’s home, attacked him, and struck him three times on the head and shoulder causing him to bleed to death.
John Nyakire, the area LC II chairperson, was alerted by residents and immediately contacted the OC Kitumba Police Station. The station, in turn, informed the District CID officer, who dispatched a team of homicide detectives and other police officers to the scene.
According to Maate, the crime scene was processed and documented, statements were obtained from witnesses, and a postmortem examination was conducted before the body was handed over to the family for burial.
He also mentioned that a reliable source suggested Karyamarwaki had been involved in a land dispute with unidentified individuals. At the time of the attack, he was alone in his house.
Maate called on anyone with information related to the murder to provide it to the police so the culprits can be brought to justice.
