Tragedy befell Serere District after a man killed his two wives, two children and committed suicide. The incident happened in Omagara parish, Kyere Sub-county.
According to police in Serere, the rotting bodies of the women and children were recovered on Saturday evening in a bush near his home while the body of the man was still fresh last Sunday morning.
Serere District police commander Jimmy Anthony Oyuku identified the deceased as Moses Ogwang, 30, Esther Ariamo, 30, and Beatrice Aguti, the mother of young children Akol and Ogwang.
Mr Oyuku told this newspaper that Ogwang, who was said to be frustrated, killed his official wife an d two children at home and went to a landing site and picked up Aguti and killed her. Aguti’s body was later found dropped in a swamp near Ogwang’s home.
Mr Oyuku said the police recovered a letter on the body of Ariamo stating that Ogwang was complaining that there was someone meddling in his marriage.
“It’s a very unfortunate matter. Much as Ogwang had a marriage problem within his family, he would have used appropriate ways of solving it because I believe there are clan members or relevant authorities to sort it out rather than kill,” Mr Oyuku said.
He said the police are still investigating the incident. He asked residents of Kyeye Sub- county not to engage in such criminal acts.
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