By Flavia Ajok
Police in Kikuube District have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his colleague to death.
The suspect has been identified as Charles Muhanguzi while the deceased is Everest Byamukama 25, both residents of Wairagaza village, Butoole parish in Kyangwali sub-county.
It is alleged that Muhanguzi and Byamukama on Tuesday at around 4 p.m. while in a bar at Wairagaza trading center picked a quarrel over a yet-to-be-identified woman.
In the process, Muhanguzi pulled a knife and stabbed Byamukama in the neck and chest.
Byamukama died on arrival at St.Nicholas Medical Center in Kyangwali sub-county where he had been rushed for medication.
Alex Twesigye, a boda boda rider and a friend to the deceased says on the fateful day, they were together with the deceased.
He says he left Byamukama in the bar but later heard him screaming for help and when they rushed, they found him bleeding profusely. He says though they rushed him for medication, it was too late to save his life.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson says the suspect who is currently being detained at the Kikuube central police station will be arraigned before court to be charged with murder.
According to Hakiza, the postmortem report indicates that the deceased succumbed to over-bleeding that resulted from injuries
