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Two children were burnt to death last night in a house in Wakiso District.


According to Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Partrick Onyango, on Saturday 28/08/2020 at about 20:00hours information was got from members of the community about fire outbreak in a house belonging to Godfrey  Lule, 40, a resident of Kisimbiri A village, Kisimbiri Parish Wakiso Town Council in Wakiso District.


Onyango says at the scene, the police discovered two juveniles Cyrus Lule, 9 months, and Jeremiah Muhingo, 2, were burned to death  in the house.


“It is alleged that the mother to the deceased children only identified as Agnes, left charcoal stove inside the house, which caused the fire. It is also alleged that she had gone out of the house to party and her husband was also not at home” disclosed Onyango


He says the mother to the kids fainted upon receiving news of the death of her children.


Onyango says the bodies were taken to the city mortuary for post mortem and the case is under investigations.


He appealed to the community not leave charcoal stoves or burning candles without an adult attending to them.

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