Police have arrested four sisters in Serere district for allegedly killing their father after accusing him of being responsible for demonic attacks on them.
According to police, the siblings who include; Achumo Deborah, Achom Ester, Ikwadi Susan, and Akwango Martha were arrested after they brutally killed their 65-year-old father, Okure John in cold blood.
Okure was a retired worker at Igola Research station, Serere, and resident of Igora II village Okulonyo parish, Orio sub-county in Serere district.
Police reveal that on June 15, a one Martha Akwango returned from school while crying, after she got possessed by evil spirits.
“When she reached their home, her three other female siblings, started praying over her, to cast away the demons that had attacked her.
“During the prayers, the three female siblings, while casting out demons from their younger sister, attacked their father inside the home they shared and beat him to death,” says police.
It adds, “They further poked out both his eyes, which, in their vision, were fired with an evil spirit and the cause of the demonic attacks on them.”