Police officers at the crime scene after the incident- Courtesy photo

NEWS– Grief and shock has rocked residents of Nyakarembe village in kagunga parish, Bukimbiri sub county in kisoro district after a primary teacher was murdered near his home.

The deceased Sunday Callist, 55 years a teacher at Keyihumure Primary school was found dead near his home on Saturday morning in the wee hours by his wife.

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Tugumisirize Beatrice, the wife to the deceased,  narrates that an unknown person woke the deceased up to help him carry a patient to unknown health centre which he adhered to.

Tugumisirize says she waited for the husband to return in vain, which prompted her to notify her elder son who joined her in the search and found the household head murdered near his home.

Kato Bernard, the area village chairperson confirmed the incident saying that he was notified about the murder by residents and later reported to Police. Kato decries the insecurity in Bukimbiri sub county where one woman was also killed in the last two weeks and called for more patrols in the area.

Kisoro homicide detectives visited the scene and did examinations, body handed over to relatives for burial preparations. Three people including Arineitwe Timothy, Bagyenyi Gerald and Monday Ezra both from the same area have so far been arrested to help in investigations.