Kampala metropolitan Police have in custody a wicked man for killing his wife with a hammer after he was nabbed red handed raping his house maid.
Shaban Musisi, the killer,is a resident of Kasenge village in the Kyengera town council of Wakiso district, and his wife has been identified as Ruth Nakkazi.
Musisi was reportedly raping his 15 year old housemaid Scovia Abed,when Nakkazi showed up following screams from the house.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says Shaban immediately grabbed a hammer and hit the wife several times to death .
He later turned it onto Scovia who also succumbed to the injuries.
According to police detectives at Nsangi police station, after the incident, Musisi fled to a nearby bush but was later found by community members in a critical condition after taking what was suspected to be poison in a bid to commit suicide after committing the gruesome murders.
“A bottle containing suspected poison has been recovered in his house and subsequently forwarded to the Government Analytical Laboratory for analysis,” said Owoyesigyire. “The hammer used to batter the victims to death has been recovered and taken as an exhibit.”
Police said the two bodies have been conveyed to Kampala Capital City Authority mortuary at Mulago for postmortem. The suspect is currently admitted at Mulago hospital where he is undergoing treatment in police handcuffs.
