KIGALI, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — A Rwandan woman recently killed her husband after he inherited a widow whose husband is suspected to have died of the incurable AIDS, the local media reported Wednesday.
In the bizarre incident that occurred in Gisagara, a district in southern Rwanda, the middle-aged woman, Annonciata Kampororo, hatched a plot to kill her 48-year-old husband Anaclet Majyambere after he inherited his late brother’s wife.
The local vernacular newspaper “Umuryango” quoted villagers and the police as confirming that the woman had strongly opposed her husband’s plans to inherit the widow, fearing that she would also become infected.
But when the stubborn husband moved the widow to her home in accordance with traditional customs, she denied him his conjugal rights and demanded an HIV test first. He flatly refused the request, sparking constant friction and quarrels in the matrimonial home.
Fed up and determined to protect herself against possible infection, the woman, a traditional liquor seller, hatched up a plot with her son and sister who lived nearby, and hacked the husband to death.
On the fateful day, the husband had decided to refurbish the first wife’s house, replaced old iron sheets with new ones and decided to spend the night in the house.
An argument ensued late at night, and in the ensuing commotion, the suspect’s sister and son dashed to the house thinking that the couple was under attack.
The trio then set upon the husband with a machete, pestles, kicks and blows, leaving him unconscious. They then dumped his body outside the house, upon checking her husband later in the night, she discovered that he was dead. The local police arrested the suspects who are likely to face murder charges.
According to Rwandan health officials, unprotected sex and having multiple-sex partners are some of the major causes of AIDS in the tiny Central African nation, where around 300,000 patients are living with HIV.