Akokoro, Apac | Police in Apac district are investigating a brutal murder by hacking of Atino Margret, a 49-year-old housewife and resident of Arak village, Akokoro parish, Akokoroi sub-county.
The incident occurred on the night of July 15, 2026, at approximately 11:00 p.m.
SP Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Regional Police PRO, confirmed that the suspect, identified as Akaki Gilbert, 22, a biological son of the deceased, has been arrested.
He is currently detained at Apac Central Police Station to assist with ongoing investigations.
Preliminary investigations indicate that on the night of the incident, the suspect returned home from Aluga trading centre and found his parents—Engena Robert and the deceased—alongside his sister, Alobo Sandra, 21, asleep in their respective houses.
After eating, the suspect reportedly went to his father’s house demanding water. When his father advised him that it was not an appropriate time and asked him to leave, the suspect allegedly threatened to return with a panga and kill someone.
According to PRO Okema, fearing for his safety and that of the family, the father left the home to seek help from neighbours, leaving the deceased asleep in the house.
Moments later, the deceased’s daughter, who had heard the suspect talking to her mother, came out and found her lying in a pool of blood at the doorway with severe cut wounds.
The suspect was allegedly standing nearby holding a panga before fleeing the scene. An alarm was raised, attracting neighbours and the deceased’s husband came back home.
A team of police officers from Apac Central Police Station and Akokoro sub-county Police Station, led by the Officer in Charge, ASP Nkamwesiga Timothy, alongside Deputy OC CID, IP Ekwire, and Scene of Crime Officers, promptly responded to the scene.
The body of the deceased was documented, retrieved, and conveyed to Apac Hospital mortuary for a postmortem examination.
The suspect was subsequently arrested after he was found sleeping in an abandoned grass-thatched house approximately half a kilometre from the scene.
Upon arrest, he led investigators to the recovery of the panga allegedly used in the commission of the offence, which he had concealed in nearby bushes.
Findings suggest that the suspect is a habitual offender with previous encounters with the law, and is also alleged to be a habitual consumer of alcohol and marijuana.
Community members disclosed that the deceased frequently intervened to have him released whenever he was arrested and often encouraged out-of-court settlements.
The suspect reportedly informed investigators that he attacked his mother because she frequently abused him and allegedly chased away his wife, leaving him without a family.
Investigations are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding this tragic incident, police say.
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