Police in Mitooma District are holding a couple for assaulting their daughter to death.
Marcial Tumusiime, the greater Bushenyi regional police spokesperson confirmed the incident that happened on 27th July 2023 at 6 pm in Karehe 2 Kyanzire Parish, Kashenshero town council.
He identified the suspects as Herbert Twinamatsiko,33 boda boda rider, and his wife Phiona Natukunda, 30, all residents of Kyanzire village who assaulted their daughter only identified as Whitney.
It is alleged that Twinamatsiko had produced the deceased out of wedlock and was brought home to stay with the stepmother.
He said she had been torturing her for a while and unfortunately, on 27th July the two seriously tortured the deceased to death and locked the body in one of the rooms and went away but returned at night and transported it to Rwenshama B for burial.