Man Hacks Mother to Death, Dumps Body in Pit Latrine

Kikuube police are holding a 30-year-old man accused of hacking his biological mother to death over land before dumping her body in a pit latrine.

The suspect is Fred Monday, a resident of Ruhunga village in Ruhunga parish in Buhimba sub-county.

He is accused of brutally hacking his mother Night Nabukalu, 55 over family land around 6 pm on Sunday in the same village and it is alleged that Nabukalu sold part of the family land year back and went to settle in Nalweyo village in Kakumiro district.

She, however, reportedly returned on Sunday to check on her son who occupied part of their family land and on seeing his mother, Monday immediately picked a panga and severally hacked his mother he suspected to have returned to sell the remaining land.

Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson, says that police teamed up with residents and arrested the suspect who was found hiding in a nearby bush.