A 16-year-old girl decided to end her life by jumping into the fast-flowing R.Kyatakagwa in Kabira sub-county in Kyotera district on Monday following the arrest of her 25-year-old boyfriend.
The teenager is said to have been in a relationship with the 25-year-old boda boda cyclist for more than 4 months. Her parents got concerned with the teenager's relationship and asked her to end the relationship since she was still young to be dating. She reportedly ignored her parents' counsel and continued meeting her lover secretly.
Information reached her parents, who decided to deploy informants to follow the teenager in a bit to catch the motorcyclist. Richard Kalanzi, the Kabira LC III chairperson, says the informants succeeded when they caught the motorcyclist red-handed having sex with the girl in a bush.
They dragged the suspect to Kabira police post for defilement. According to Kabira, the teenager warned the police to release her boyfriend else she does the "unthinkable."
Judith Akello, the Kyotera district police commander (DPC), says they are collaborating with the residents to search for the teenager's body as investigations continue.
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