Three people, including a UPDF soldier, were on Saturday evening shot dead after unknown assailants shot at security personnel in Kapeeka town, Nakaseke District.
According to police, trouble ensued after assailants shot at security personnel involving police and UPDF soldiers who were on patrol at around 10.40pm. This around Kapeeka play ground where a music concert was taking place.
Acting Savannah Regional Police spokesperson Patrick Lule said in an interview on Sunday that in return, the joint security team returned gunfire.
At the end, he said two assailants were dead and one gun was recovered.
“The assailants shot at the patrollers and killed one UPDF personnel by names of Pte Tufeyo Obed attached to Namunkekela army detach. The assailants are not yet identified, still waiting for scene of crime officers to manage the scene,” Lule said.
He said the scene of crime was visited by a team of police and army officers led by the Nakaseke DPC, commander flying squad Savannah.
Incidents involving armed attacks on security installations and security officers are on the rise. Over five security personnel have been killed and their guns taken by unknown assailants in the attacks.
The latest incidents were registered at Nakulabye and Bungokho police stations last week. In the latter, assailants made away with two guns and a radio call.
A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier lost his gun in Bugoma Central Forest Reserve last week. It is alleged that the officer was ambushed by unknown men while in the forest reserve who hacked on the hand before taking off with his gun.
In a rebel group linked attack, criminals on October 31 raided a police station in Luweero District and shot two police officers dead. Another police officer had been gunned down on July 25 in the same district.
In the earlier attack at Kiwumpa village, the attackers killed a police officer at a traffic checkpoint as they took two guns.
According to police records, 13 guns have recently been stolen from security personnel including police officers, private security guards, and soldiers.