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Uganda Man Arrested for Killing Sister Over Fornication Allegations

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Nyakundi Report

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This archive report was first published on 20 July 2019.

On July 20, 2019, a tragic incident occurred in Uganda, where a 19-year-old woman named Ama was killed by her brother in their mother's house.

According to police, Ama was a self-employed resident of Kiina Fishing Village in Kikuube District, and her brother, a fisherman, accused her of fornicating with an unidentified man in their mother's bedroom.

Police arrested the suspect, who was joined by his friend in assaulting his sister.

"One suspect was arrested, the scene has been visited but a postmortem is yet to be carried out," said Mr. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine regional police spokesperson.

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