Uganda: Father Held Over Burning Own Child

Police in Kabale District are holding a 40-year-old man for allegedly burning to death his three-year-old boy and reportedly claiming that the devil prompted him into the act.

South western regional police spokesman Victor Nahabwe said the gruesome incident happened on Tuesday. Mr Nahabwe said they suspect the father of strangling the victim, later wrapping the body in a mat before setting it ablaze.

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