{{Police in Musanze district have arrested a woman for allegedly killing her tot after giving birth.}}<\/p>\n
Louise Uwizeyimana, 25, a resident of Rugeshi cell, Mukamira sector of Nyabihu district, purportedly committed the inhuman act on Sunday at about midnight.
\nShe had visited a friend in Busogo Sector in Musanze at the time she committed the criminal act.<\/p>\n
According to Police investigations, Uwizeyimana sneaked out of the house and went to a pit latrine, where she gave birth to a baby boy. She then killed it and tried to dump it in a pit, but failed. The incident was reported to police by the suspect\u2019s friend, after she found the tot hanging on the pit hole.<\/p>\n
Uwizeyimana, who argued that she committed the act after the would-be father denied ownership of the pregnancy, escaped shortly after committing the act but was arrested in Nyabihu. She is currently held at Busogo police station.<\/p>\n
The Northern region police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Francis Gahima, condemned the act, and said that she will be charged with infanticide.<\/p>\n
Infanticide, which is killing of own biological or adopted child, is punishable with a life sentence under article 143 of the penal code.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not only a deliberate and organised crime punishable by the law, but also a shameful action of killing own baby,\u201d CSP Gahima said.<\/p>\n
He advised girls to have protected sex, if they cannot abstain, and to plan when to have a child.<\/p>\n
Some mothers, he observed, kill their babies claiming they are not in position to look after them or after falling out with their would-be fathers.<\/p>\n
\u201cKilling a baby is not the solution. It\u2019s not only a crime, but also a sin. There are many ways of supporting such a child, including the government support, if you are not in position to give it basic necessities,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
source : RNP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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