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Police said Nakyanzi was attacked and hacked to death while inside her house.
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MBARARA
Police in Mbarara City North Division are investigating a double homicide in which a woman and her husband were hacked to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
The deceased have been identified as Nakyanzi Jane, a resident of Kafunjo Cell, and her husband, Tulyatunga Herbert, also a resident of Kafunjo.
According to police, the incident occurred on Sunday, September 20, 2026, at around 10pm in Kafunjo Cell, Nyarubanga Ward, Mbarara City North Division.
Police said Nakyanzi was attacked and hacked to death while inside her house.
Her husband, Tulyatunga, reportedly returned home after watching football and found his wife dead. The assailants allegedly attacked him as well, but he was rescued by some of the children of his second wife.
Tulyatunga was rushed to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital for treatment but was later pronounced dead.
Police said blood-stained clothes were recovered at the scene, along with panga-like axes that the assailants allegedly abandoned as they fled.
The bodies of the deceased were taken to the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.
Rwizi Regional Police spokesperson SP Samson Kasasira said efforts were underway to apprehend one Owen, who has been identified as a person of interest, along with other suspects.
“The cause of the murders has not yet been established, but inquiries into the incident are still ongoing,” Kasasira said.
Police have appealed to members of the public with information that could help identify and apprehend the suspects to come forward.
