Horror as 19-year-old man strangles own brother to death over Shs 5,000

Police in Kabale has arrested a 19yr old man for strangling his 35 years old biological brother to death.

The deceased is Rumanzi Blairs a resident of Hamumba cell, Bugarama parish Kaharo sub county Kabale district who was allegedly murdered by one Atukwase Tyson of the same address.

Elly Maate the Kigezi Regional spokesperson says that last night at around midnight, the duo who lived in their father’s house developed a quarrel when the deceased came demanding his five thousand shillings from the suspect and had a panga he intended to cut him with.

Instead, the suspect overpowered him, removed the panga, and strangled him dead by the neck.

Police at Kaharo were notified, visited the scene, and arrested the suspect from his hideout in Bukinda on Wednesday morning.

A team of officers from Kabale police station have visited the scene, postmortem was done by the police surgeon, and the body was handed over to relatives for burial.