Police in Kagadi District have arrested two brothers in connection with the suspected murder and beheading of their 95-year-old mother, Angela Kabagenzi.
Kabagenzi, a resident of Matuntu A Village in Kagadi District, reportedly went missing from her home on the night of 4 September 2026.
Her body was discovered the following morning, about 300 metres from her home in a sugarcane plantation. Police said the body had been decapitated, with the head missing.
Police responded to the scene with a sniffer dog as investigators began tracing the possible route taken through the thick sugarcane plantation.
Sniffer dog T/P 240 Marshal picked up a scent and tracked it to the home of Peter Biija, one of the deceased’s sons, before proceeding to the home of another son, identified as Isingoma.
The two brothers were subsequently arrested to assist with investigations into their mother’s death.
During the operation, police said Isingoma led officers and members of the community to a location where the missing head had allegedly been buried. The head was recovered from the site.
The two suspects remain in police custody as investigations continue to establish the circumstances surrounding the alleged murder.