The residents of Abaita Ababiri zone in Katabi Town council were left shocked after a son murdered his father in a brutal manner.
The heartless son is identified as Nicholas Mutebi while his deceased father was identified as John Mbalule -the chairperson of Kabale/Abaita Ababiri boda stage.
The gruesome murder occurred on Tuesday 14, January 2025 at the decease’s residence in Kabale/Bunono zone, Katabi Town council, Wakiso district.
It is reported that the heartless young man currently detained at Entebbe police station first monitored his father at night to establish whether he was in deep sleep and when he discovered he was already a sleep, he pulled out his sharp panga and knife and slaughtered him like a chicken.
He later fled the house leaving the deceased in a pool of blood. Locals learnt of the brutal incident upon seeing lots of blood flowing out of the house and immediately informed police that later visited the scene before breaking into the deceased’s house where they found him lifeless.
The cops cordoned off the scene of crime before taking the deceased’s body for a postmortem.
As soon as the cops launched investigations into the death of the deceased, his son advised them not to waste time as he presented himself to police where he confessed to killing his father.
After recording a police statement, the suspect led cops to a place where he had hidden the machetes he used to chop off his father’s head.
Sources indicate that the suspect’s mother who a few years ago separated with the deceased could have connived with her son to murder the deceased following news that the deceased had married another wife and that she would miss out sharing her ex-husband’s property.