JUST IN: Assailants attacked security officers in Kapeeka town, 1 Officer shot dead.

Assailants attacked security officers at  around 11:45pm on 26th November 2022, in kapeeka town Nakaseke district, it is said that they were  patrolling Kapeeka play ground where there was a music show.

It is alleged that one officer and 2 assailants were shot dead during the scuffle between the assailants and the army officers.  

According to Nakaseke RDC Capt. Yahaya Kakooza  one UPDF officers was killed in an attack. It is said that UPDF also killed two attackers and one gun used in the attack recovered.

RDC kakooza noted that the these officers were on a joint  patrol in Kapeeka town, Nakaseke District. 

“The assailants shot at the patrollers and killed one UPDF personnel by names of Pte Tufeyo Obed attached to Namunkekela army detach. The patrollers retaliated by shooting the assailants and killed two and recovered one gun. 

The assailants are not yet identified, still waiting for scene of crime officers to manage the scene,” said the acting Savannah Regional Police spokesperson, Mr Patrick Lule.

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The above incident joins more others that have left several guns in hands of unknown personnel, 13 guns have recently been stolen from security personnel including police officers, private security guards, and soldiers.

On 14th November 2022, gunmen attacked Kensington police post in the affluent Kyanja, a Kampala city suburb, and fired two rounds shattering the window panes of the police post.

The attack came almost a fortnight after gunmen attacked Busika police station in Luwero district and killed two police officers, injured two others, and made off with two firearms. One of the injured officers later succumbed to the gunshot wounds.

Security has since blamed the attack on Uganda Forces for Coalition Change, a rebel outfit. Owoyesigyire says that they have enhanced security at all police posts and stations around Kampala as well as pump fuel stations.

The incidents also come against the recent decision by the police leadership to merge several police posts around Kampala, Ssezibwa, and Katonga regions as the force pilots a new policing model which will be based at the sub-county.