BUSHENYI– Shock and tears have engulfed the Kampala International University- KIU Western campus community after one year Engineering student committed suicide by hanging himself in hostels.
The deceased is Opirin Bonifance who has been in his first semester and has been renting at Kamukama Estate Hostels in cell D Ishaka Bushenyi district where he was found hanging on a rope.
Its alleged that on Sunday February 25, at around 12:30pm, a fellow student staying in the same hostel went to pour dirty water in the bathe room and found the deceased hanging on the rope.
He immediately alerted fellow students who came and identified the deceased and informed hostel manager as well as the owner who immediately informed the Police via a phone call.
The Police immediately swung into action, visited the scene and retrieved the body to KIU teaching hospital mortuary Ishaka for postmortem examination.
According to police report, two packets of rat poison were found in the bag of the deceased inside his room of residence.
The Greater Bushenyi police spokesperson SSP Marcial Tumusiime confirmed this incident to this website stressing that the deceased was also found in possession of internal security organisation ID but had expired on 31/12/2023.
Inquiries into the matter are still at hand.
