A man in the West Nile district of Arua has died after a failed respiratory system during a “love making” session.

The deceased has been identified as Ali Musstafa, a 25-year-old businessman of OZU cell, Kenya ward in Arua.

Preliminary findings show that Ali sustained a respiratory failure during a love making session, with his girlfriend, Adania Ratio, at Avenue lodge in Arua City on the 25.01.2023 at around 9pm.

The victim collapsed and died in the room, a police report says.

“The girlfriend went and alerted the hotel management, who immediately alerted the police at Arua. The scene was visited and well documented, no trace of drugs, poison or other body influences was recovered at the scene.”

The body was thereafter, transferred to Arua Referral Hospital and examined. The cause of death was established to be due to respiratory failure.

Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga confirmed the incident.

According to Enanga, “Death during consensual sex, can occur for a number of reasons, that include the physical strain of the activity or because of unusual extenuating circumstances.”