Two Police officers have been shot dead in Kaleerwe by unknown gunmen, their guns taken, Police has confirmed.
Kaleerwe is a slum neighborhood within Kampala.
Kampala Metropolitan police spokesman Emilian Kayima told TheUgandan that, “This evening, Saturday Sept. 16th, 2017 a few minutes past 9:00pm, workers of DENOVO BREAD Company were attacked by gun men who shot and killed two of their police officers, SPC Minors and SPC Moses Karungi.”
“The driver of the Noah car in which these workers were travelling was also shot and has since passed on. His name is Kasirye Ssengonzi,” Kayima explained.
“Some other people were injured and the assailants fled the scene. This in identified happened at Kalerwe near Total Petrol station along Gayaza road,” he clarified adding, “More details will be given.”
A source at the nearby Kiira Road Police station said their firearms were found not on their bodies.
The source added that the crime scene would remain closed throughout the night and the following day as security assessments were carried out.
On Saturday morning, there was another attack at Mponye police post, in Makindye West constituency in Kabalagala Police Division which left one officer in critical state and his gun taken.
Tensions are often high around the highly populated Kaleerwe area which is about adjacent the Northern By-pass about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Kampala City centre and less than half the distance from Kulambiro neighborhood where former police spokesman, Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his bodyguard and driver were assassinated in May.
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