Two people who allegedly killed their elder brother in Elukhongo area, Butula have been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
On Friday, the DCI released a statement indicating that the suspects, 19-year-old Bonventure Ouma and 29-year-old Pascaliano Odhiambo assaulted their brother after they found him assaulting their mother.
“The deceased had returned home at 8pm in a drunken stupor and demanded food from their mother. When she responded that food was not ready, the 32-year-old son descended on her with blows and kicks leaving her wailing in despair, for dear life."the statement read
"Her two other sons Pascaliano Odhiambo, 29 and Bonventure Ouma, 19, immediately responded to their mother’s screams only to find Juma assaulting her. They gave him a dog’s beating before they retired to bed,” it read further.
According to the DCI, the mother went to his house early morning she was shocked to find the victim lying dead on the doorstep of his house with deep cut inflicted on his head, slightly above the ear.
The DCI stated that when the victim’s mother went to the deceased's house early morning she was shocked to find the him lying dead on doorstep with a deep cut inflicted on his head, slightly above the ear.
“She immediately alerted the local authorities who called in detectives based at Butula. A machete, jembe and a rungu believed to be the murder weapons were found at the scene of the murder, documented and collected by the Busia based crime scene personnel,” the DCI stated.
The two suspects are held at the Bumala Police Station as they wait to be arraigned in court.
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