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Pain as mother, baby killed at a birthday celebration in Sheema district
16 January 2023, 11:09 am
Martial Tumusiime Greater Bushenyi police spokes person
Story by Sandrah Tumwekwase
Police in Sheema district are investigating a case in which a woman and her one -year- old baby were last night killed by unknown assailants.
The deceased identified as Sylivia Atuhaire, and her child were killed near Kyogera seminary school in Sheema district.
Atuhaire was found lying near her dead child in critical condition and rushed to Mbarara Referral Hospital where she died from.
Martial Tumusiime the greater Bushenyi police spokesperson told CroozeFM, that Atuhaire and her husband Moses Ampaire returned from their child’s birthday celebration in Bushenyi after which Ampaire proceeded to Mbarara while the wife went to her shop in Kyogera.
He added that, Atuhaire and her child were attacked before they reached home and chopped with a panga.
Both bodies are at Kabwohe health centre IV pending postmortem while police efforts are underway to arrest the assailants.