Police in Hoima district are investigating circumstances under which a woman reportedly killed her boyfriend after she found him swallowing Anti-Retrial Viral drugs (ARVs), used to prevent a retrovirus, such as HIV from replicating.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine regional police spokesperson said 35-year old Emmauel Tumusiime, a resident of Kijumba cell in Kigorobya town council in Hoima District was hacked to death last evening at his home.
The Albertine regional police spokesperson, Mr Julius Hakiza said their preliminary investigations had revealed that Tumusiime was hit on the head using an axe.
Hakiza says on realizing that her lover was dead, the suspect then locked the house and jumped on a Boda Boda to Hoima central police station and reported a case of murder and later confessed to killing her husband.
She reportedly claimed that she was hurt and disappointed that her husband could have infected her with HIV/AIDS.
She was arrested and detained at Hoima Central Police Station on murder charges.
Police detectives rushed to the scene and cordoned it off to conduct further investigations, Mr Hakiza said.
The case is being investigated at Hoima Central Police Station under reference 1101/2019.
“We call upon the victims of HIV Aids to always inform their partners and attend counselling centres because falling victim of HIV/Aids isn’t the end of life,” ASP Hakiza advised.
