By Editorial,
Three children belonging to one family have been poisoned in an act of revenge.
The deceased have been identified as John Okodos, 9, Constantine Olupot, 6, and Ignatius Adodo,4, all children of Tom Omudu.
The incident happened in Okudumo Village, in Kumi district last evening.
It is alleged that the suspect, Hellen Adongo, was angry with Omudu when she was forced to pay five million shillings belonging to a savings group.
According to the Police, Adongo was a treasurer of the group when unknown people last year broke into her house and stole the savings.
The Acting East Kyoga Regional Police Spokesman, John Robert Tukei, says that Adongo vowed to harm Omudu or his family.
He says that Adongo, who is an immediate neighbor to the family, reportedly forced the children to eat sweet potatoes which she had laced with poison, when their parents were in the garden. Mr. Tukei speaking..
Meanwhile, two inmates died in the cells of Hoima and Soroti Prisons.
In Hoima, the deceased has been identified as Yuda Mugisa who was a convict on murder charges and Vincent Munu, 33 at Soroti Prisons.
Mugisa and Vincent reportedly developed an illness while in the prison cells, according to police.
Both were rushed to Hoima and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital for treatment where they were pronounced dead.
Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Service spokesperson, said that his office had not yet been fully furnished with the information regarding the death of the inmates. END.
