A 24 year old woman has been held by police in Kampala over Kawempe apartment fire that killed one male and one female. The suspect owned the two room apartment where she had the two as her visitors.

“The room was a rented double unit occupied by the suspect. It is alleged that she (suspect) received two visitors only identified as Patricia, 24 (her cousin) and one Kajumba , 27 (her friend). She informed us that the visitors went to her place in the morning and the fire broke out later that evening while the visitors were still in the house,” ASP Owoyesigyire said.

“Statements were recorded from witnesses. Our officers later visited the suspect in the clinic where she had been taken for first aid and she was later referred to Kawempe Hospital for further management,” ASP Owoyesigyire added.

It is said that the suspect ran out of the apartment screaming that the gas cooker has caused afire. The 24 year old is however suspected to have set the apartment ablaze killing two people in a said love triangle.

“Whereas the tenant had a gas cooker, it was in a store and it remained intact plus the contents of the store. More details about the investigation will be availed as soon Possible,” ASP Owoyesigyire added in a Saturday evening statement.

Police have marked the area to restricted access from the general public for further examinations by officials from the National Building Review Board , UMEME and other stake holders to ascertain the cause of the fire.

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