Police in Muhanga district has arrested Five suspects in connection with the brutal murder of 9 residents in the district. The deaths have occurred within the past two months.
On August 19, two people including;Bagirubwira Callixte and Niwemfura John Espain were attacked with machetes by unknown people.
Bagirubwira a water technician in Muhanga district was attacked in his area at Biti, Remera in Nyamabuye sector. He told IGIHE that while he was walking back home, he met two unidentified men one was holding a machete and another with a stick.
He says he was beaten with a stick on his face and later the man with a machete tried to cut off his head but Bigirubwira guarded with his hand and in the process one figure was chopped off.
The two attakers thought Bigirubwira had died and left him. After several hours Bigirubwira became conscious and crawled to a nearby home which refused to open for him and later went to the incharge of security in the cell who later took him to the health center.
During the same night, Niwemfura John was found in his home and attacked by two men. His wife said she had seen someone peeping through the door glass.
She later opened the door and was immediately hit with a stick. She struggled with the attacker. Another attacker attempted to cut Niwemfura’s wife with a machete.
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