Cleophas Harerimana is being detained at Gasaka police station Nyamagabe district for killing his wife Euprasie Giraneza.
The suspect admits that he brutally hit his wife with a pestle used to smash cassava leaves (isombe) because of an argument which rose from her refusal to prepare a meal for the family.
Witnesses who couldn’t save her on time say that she sustained injuries on her head and hands and severe bleeding on her lower chest ribs. She was rushed to a nearby health center where she died.
Giraneza has left behind 7 children between ages of 6 and11 years. Her neighbours considered her as the sole bread earner of the family since her husband was a drunkard who often ignored family responsibilities.
She has been able to keep up the family on her sorghum beer business (Ikigaji) and has used the revenues to buy two modern dairy cattle that produced milk for sale.
To compliment this she also had a kitchen garden which provided surplus food for the family.
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