Man kills neighbor’s kids after suspecting their father of cheating with his wife

UGANDA – Man in Kanungu District is being hunted by Police for allegedly killing two innocent children that belong to his neighbor.

The suspect is Edward Birungi, 40, resident of Kagarama cell Nyarutojo Parish Kambuga Sub County. He allegedly hacked two innocent children, an eight-year-old Tracy Nabasa and three-year-old Ian Owembabazi, who are both children of Kato Frank, who is his neighbor.

The Kigezi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate stated that police was notified of the incident on Thursday at around 4 pm by the area chairperson Augustine Mutabazi who said that two children had been murdered by their neighbor on the allegation that their father was having an extramarital affair with the wife of the suspected murderer.

“The suspect picked a panga, found the children alone at home when the father had gone to the garden, chased and hacked them to death, after which he disappeared,” Maate said.

“Police immediately visited the scene, bodies were taken to Kambuga Health Center 1V for postmortem and the suspect is still at large but the whole village is hunting for him with pangas. Inquiries are underway,” he added.