Captain Claver Bagabe, a UPDF soldier in Kisoro district has committed suicide.
Captain Bagabe was the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) coordinator in charge of Bufumbira South Constituency in Kisoro.
He reportedly took his own life on Wednesday evening at his home in Nyakabingo village, Chahi sub-county.
His body was found fully dressed in army uniform.
Neighbors say Captain Bagabe had earlier been seen alone at home before he closed himself inside his house and locked all the doors and windows.
When his family members came and knocked, he did not open.
Because all the doors and windows are metallic, the perturbed family members got a welder at around 8 PM to force the door open. Upon opening, they were shocked to find the captain Bagabe hanging on a rope, dead.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Regional Police spokesman confirms the incident and says that the body has been retrieved and taken to the Kisoro hospital mortuary for postmortem.
Maate says Col. Deo Kayita, the Kisoro District operation wealth creation coordinator called Capt Bagabe on his phone several times and was not picking, which prompted him to check on him, only to find that he had killed himself.
