Two arrested over murder in Rukungiri

By APN Reporter

apearlnews.com

Police in Rukungiri district are holding two people in connection with the death of a boda boda cyclist.

The deceased has been identified as Junior Aryatuha (30) a resident of Kyamurari II village in Kigaga Parish of Nyakagyeme sub-county in Rukungiri district.

The deceased reportedly left the village way back in 2016 after losing his two motorcycles to gambling as well as divorcing with his wife before renting a room in Rukungiri town.

On the 30/7/2021, the deceased reportedly went home and handed over his current motorcylec to the mother Jasper Bazimbwa before going to socialize with friends in  the nearby Kyamurari trading center.

Kigezi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate says that the mother waited for him in vain up to 31st of August when his lifeless body was sighted by the brother as he went to milk the cows in the farm near a newly constructed house belonging to their brother Brian Ahereza(32) a businessman in the same area.

Maate adds that the police examined the body and handed it over to the family for burial .

He further revealed that two people have so far been arrested in connection with the incident by their names have been withheld as investigations into the matter are still underway.