Arua man hangs his two sons

Feb 04, 2012

The police in Arua district are holding Abdullah Jamal who hanged his two sons on Thursday night in his grass-thatched house following a series of domestic abuse with his wife.

By Richard Drasimaku

The police in Arua district are holding a man who hanged his two sons on Thursday night.

Abdullah Jamal, 25, a resident of Tanganyika central village in Dadamu sub- county stormed Arua central police station at 6:25am to report his brutal act.

Alex Afemia, the CID boss at the station, said he rushed to the scene and found two bodies of the children on Jamal’s mattress and a rope tied to the roof of his grass thatched house.

He identified the slain as Enoch, 5 and Osman Bayyo, 3. The bodies were taken to Arua Hospital mortuary for postmortem while Jamal was taken for medical examination to ascertain his mental status.

He told police that the mother of the children died some time back. Since then the children have been living with their grandfather Abdullah Asiki whose wife was allegedly mistreating them.

Jamal claimed that when he brought the issue to his father’s attention, he abused him and asked him to refund all the money he had spent on the children.

“I decided to bring the children to live with me, but life became difficult. So because I didn’t want to see them suffer, at night I thought of the idea to end their lives,” Jamal was quoted saying.

Afemia said reports indicate that Jamal, a property blocker and driver at Logiri stage at Arua Taxi Park had been smoking marijuana.

“It is unfortunate that the lives of innocent children have been tragically lost. Domestic misunderstandings should be settled amicably or by seeking assistance from the police,” he added.

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