NTUNGAMO, UGANDA: The Police in Ntungamo District on Tuesday afternoon arrested a woman and her son on allegations of murder of her husband.
The deceased has been identified as Tiwangye Appolo a resident of Rwakashana cell, Nyarubare parish, Ntungamo sub-county Ntungamo District.
According to Rwizi regional police spokesperson ASP Samson Kasasira, police with help of the K9 Unit arrested the two Upon a search mounted in the area after a murder incident was reported.
“Upon receiving the report, a team of officers from Homicide with the help of the K9 unit responded and cordoned off the scene. The team introduced the police sniffer dog jaguar which picked the scent and tracked for a distance of one kilometre on a hill and led the officers to the home of the deceased’s second wife identified as Arinaitwe Agnes,” ASP Kasasira said in a Tuesday police statement.
He explained that upon a search, a phone belonging to the deceased was recovered with blood stains from Arinaitwe’s home which led to her arrest and her son to help with the investigations.
Police also established that the couple had a long-standing domestic wrangle before the murder incident.
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