By Precious Ankunda,
KAZO:
Police in Kazo district are investigating circumstances underwhich a 3-year-old boy was murdered by cutting in the neck by his own father.
The deceased is Mwesigye Johnson, a son to Nuwahereza Tumuramye John, a resident of Buremba central Kijooha ward Buremba Town Council in Kazo District.
Samson Kasasira, the police spokesperson for Rwizi region has said that the incident happened on Wednesday January 26, 2022, in Buremba village at around 9:45hrs.
Police preliminary reports indicate that the deceased was picked from his grandmother’s home by the fatherl (Tumuramye) together with the cousin, Vivian Joel aged, 4 years, to go collect maize from the garden, but on returning home, the deceased was nowhere to be seen which prompted the grandmother to carry out a search for him in the garden knowing the father has a history of seasonal mental illness.
Up on searching, the deceased was found staggering while bleeding from the neck where he had a deep cut and couldn’t talk.
He was rushed to the nearby clinic for treatment and was later pronounced dead.
A case of murder vide Kazo CRB114/2022 was reported to Kazo police station by the deceased grandmother (Behairaho Fedrensi) and police immediately visited the crime scene.
According to residents, the suspect, Nuwarereza Tumuramye John, who also doubles as the deceased mother is known for mental illnesses something that could have made him commit this stressful act.
Kasasira says that police recorded a statement from the witnesses, arrested the suspect and detained him at Kazo CPS.
The he deceased body was taken to Kazo Health Centre IV for postmortem as inquiries into the matter continues.
