Two sons arrested over alleged beheading 95-year-old mother

What the report says

Two sons have been taken into custody at Kagadi Central police station in western Uganda after being accused of killing their 95-year-old mother, Angela Kabagenzi, in what police and local leaders say may have stemmed from a family land dispute. The suspects, identified by the publisher as Bijja Peter and Insigoma, are both residents of Matuntu A village in Bwikara sub-county, Kagadi district.

According to The Observer, Kabagenzi was allegedly attacked on Saturday night and her body was later found in a nearby sugarcane plantation. Residents reportedly discovered the remains on Sunday morning, prompting the local chairperson to alert police. The report says investigators used a sniffer dog at the scene, which traced a scent trail to one suspect’s home and then to the other’s residence.

The article adds that, during questioning, one of the suspects led detectives to a location where Kabagenzi’s head was recovered. Local officials said the family had recently been dividing land among children, but some relatives objected to the distribution. That dispute is being treated as a possible motive, though police have not publicly confirmed the cause.

Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the death. Separately, some background on rural land conflicts in Uganda suggests such disputes can sometimes escalate into violence, but that broader context was not specifically detailed in the reported article.