Three held in Rubanda district over infanticide

By   Libino Byamukama

 apearlnews.com

Police in Rubanda District has three suspects for Questioning over an alleged infanticide case

It’s alleged that today at around 6am, at Bishsakyi Village, Butare parish Katojo Town council in Rubanda District, Kamonyo Bernard 37 yrs. heard a cry of a baby in his toilet.

Elly Maate, the Kigezi region Police Spokesperson says he alerted locals and made a report at Muko police station.

Police visited the scene and were joined by the locals in trying to rescue the child, unfortunately, a baby boy was already dead by the time of removal from the toilet.

Maate says an operation was mounted in the village to trace for the culprit and Maniriho Medius 18yrs a resident of the same village was found with blood stains still on her legs and in the room.

3 suspects including her grandmother Anastasia Mukamushabwa 80 yrs. and a 14-year-old boy were arrested in connection with the same INCIDENT.

Postmortem was done at the scene by the police surgeon and body handed over for burial

A case of Infanticide was registered at Rubanda police station under the reference number CRB. 336/2021