The young man was taken into custody by security officials On the morning of Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
The Deputy Mayor of Nyamasheke District in charge of Social Affairs, Athanasie Mukankusi, has told IGIHE that the young man killed his father on Sunday, but the information became known on Monday, May 13, 2024.
She said that after killing his father, the young man burned the body to eliminate evidence and then threw the remains into a latrine.
Mukankusi further stated that the mother of the young man was the one who discovered the act and immediately reported it.
She added, “The mother suspected that her son was the perpetrator because the old man had been missing for two days, and they saw his son burning something. Upon further investigation, they discovered that it was his father’s body he had thrown into the latrine.”
Mukankusi also mentioned that the young man had a property dispute with his father.
She added that after disappearing in the early hours of this Tuesday, he was arrested and is now detained at Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) station in Kanjongo.
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