Police in Kibaale are holding one suspect for stabbing his colleague to death in a bar fight.
Bosco Nuwagaba, a resident of Wazira village in Kayanja parish in Kayanja sub-county is in police custody at Kibaale Central Police Station on charges of murder.
The deceased, Batista Bayunve Twinomujuni, a resident of the same area was stabbed in the chest with a knife.
Bayunve reportedly picked a fight with Nuwagaba at 11:30 pm on Tuesday, under unclear circumstances, at a bar in Katwetwe trading center prompting his death.
The deceased was rushed to Buseesa medical center for treatment while bleeding profusely where medics pronounced him dead on arrival.
John Byamukama, the Katwetwe LC I village Chairperson, says that residents pursued Nuwagaba and arrested him while fleeing from the area.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson, says that the deceased’s body was taken to Kibaale Health Center IV for postmortem.
