A man in Kisoro District has allegedly killed his son by cutting his throat after an argument with his wife over the child’s real biological father.
The Kigezi Police spokesperson ASP Elly Maate said that the incident occurred on Tuesday at about 8:30 Pm in Matyazo village, Rukongi parish in Nyarusiiza sub-county of Kisoro district.
It’s alleged that at about 8 pm, Elias Kabeni 31, went to his mother’s place Nyirasheriburyo Jovia 65 who was staying with his son Junior Aloysius 5, to pick up a key he usually keeps at his mother’s place.
Kabeni then decided to leave with his son who was staying with his mother and on their way home, Elias allegedly cut his throat and ran away before handing himself over to Kisoro Police Station moments later.
ASP Maate told the press that it had been established that the suspect had an argument with the wife over the biological father of the child as he was at one moment informed by the wife that the child is not his, prompting him to end the child’s life.
A case was opened at Kisoro Central Police Station under the file number SD 54/29/08/2023 and the Scene visited by a team of officers, transferred the Body to Kisoro hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.
