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An army officer is among five people being held by Rwampara police over murder.
This, after an April 11, 2020 incident in which Loy Ainmugisha Barimpa, 45, a businesswoman and a resident of Bungyereza Village, Nyeihanga Town Council in Rwampara district was killed and body set on fire by her sons; Innocent Gumoshabe, 28, a resident of Kishabya, Shuku Town Council in Sheema district and RA232761 Pte Saul BarimpaIrema, 30, an army officer attached to Mountain Battalion Division in Fort portal.
According to Pte Saul Barimpa, his two brothers (prime suspects) approached him and revealed how he had killed their mother and burnt her body on grounds that she had sold family land without his knowledge as her eldest son.
It is upon this revelation that Barimpa rushed to Rwampara police and reported the matter Vide CRB 076/2020.
The police have confirmed the incident.
They say the scene of the incident was visited and blood stains found in the room where the deceased was living while there was a burning fire in a banana plantation.
On a search, bony particles were retrieved and will be subjected to forensic analysis. Five people have been arrested to help with this investigation.
