No less than six homes in Agurut ward, Nyero Sub Province, Kumi Region have been burnt in a strike to avenge the passing of a female primary school teacher.
Harriet Amuriat, born in nyero and Teacher at Camp Deborah babies’ school international situated in Gayaza, Wakiso Region was supposedly killed by her fiance on Good Friday.
It’s supposed that the suspect who additionally hails from a similar place persuaded Amuriat through calls to go from Kampala to Asuret Sub Province, Soroti Region for Easter festivals.
The suspect has been living in Soroti with his two little daughters while doing electronic business of phone repair.
At the point when Amuriat showed up at their room in Asuret trading center, the suspect is said to have locked the house, choked her before he likewise endeavored to commit sucide by taking poison over unknown reasons that have turned into a subject of police investigation.
Criminal investigators said Amuriat’s body had profound cuts in the face, thought to have been by a sharp items.
When their daughters got back from school where they had gone to study hairdressing, they apparently found their mom dead and the dad unconscious.
Asuret Sub Area LCIII chairman, Mr Thomas Alimu said they got information of the homicide case after the children alerted the community members who likewise conveyed to the police.
Amuriat’s body was first taken to Soroti regional hospital clinic for postmortem. The suspect was likewise conceded at a similar hospital for treatment under police watch.
Remuneration
On Saturday, her body was picked by the family members on condition that the suspect’s family members and tribe bear the internment expenses of Shs2 million and pay remuneration of Shs8 million which had been concurred by the suspects faction.
In any case, by early afternoon on Easter Sunday, the cash had not been raised provoking Amuriat’s family members to convey the dead body to the suspect’s home in fight where they torched houses, annihilated crops and different properties.
The LC III administrator for Nyero Sub Region, Mr Gilbert Okou said six residences were burned to the ground.
He additionally said that the looters annihilated cassava manors having a place with the neighbors and cut down the citrus ranch having a place with the suspect.
The police spokesperson for east Kyoga district, Mr Oscar Greg Ageca condemned the assault and said: “We don’t cordon criminality, the suspect who killed his spouse is seeking treatment under our watch and we anticipate that people in general should regard that. Subsequently, I need to caution that anybody who prepares any strikes ought to be prepared to confront the law or go to jail since we will capture them.”
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