Police in Kyengera has arrested a man who allegedly killed his wife and a housemaid he was attempting to rape.
According Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, the suspect Shaban Musisi, a resident of Kasenge village in Kyengera town council, Wakiso district, killed his wife Ruth Nakkazi and a housemaid Scovia Abed, aged 15 years.
Police preliminary findings indicate that Musisi was in the process of raping his housemaid, Scovia but she made an alarm that attracted his wife Ruth Nakkazi, who arrived and started fighting with him.
Musisi allegedly reached for a hammer and hit the wife several times until she died before turning onto Scovia who also succumbed to the injuries.
According to police detectives at Nsangi police station, after the incident, Musisi fled to a nearby bush but was later found by community members in a critical condition after taking what was suspected to be poison in a bid to commit suicide after committing the gruesome murders.
"A bottle containing suspected poison has been recovered in his house and subsequently forwarded to the Government Analytical Laboratory for analysis," said Owoyesigyire. "The hammer used to batter the victims to death has been recovered and taken as an exhibit."
Police said the two bodies have been conveyed to Kampala Capital City Authority mortuary at Mulago for postmortem. The suspect is currently admitted at Mulago hospital where he is undergoing treatment in police handcuffs.
According to the 2020 crime report, police registered 17,664 cases of domestic violence compared to 13,693 reported in 2019.
These cases were mainly caused by disputes over family property, failure to provide for the family, drugs, alcohol abuse, and cases of infidelity. A total of 1,133 people were victims of domestic violence.
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