A police officer is nursing injuries at Kitgum Hospital following a Sunday night armed attack on Okidi Police post in Amida Sub County in Kitgum district.
Armed with a machine gun, a lone gunman reportedly stormed the post at about 8PM on and wrestled the female officer on duty, only identified as Atto, for several minutes. The attacker made off with a gun registration number UG – POL – 56131005027-25100 with 30 rounds of ammunition after overpowering the only personnel on duty at the time
Police say the assailant fired three bullets but they missed the police officer.
Patrick Jimy Okema (pictured up), the Aswa river Police spokesperson says Police has recovered three bullet cartridges from the attack.
Okema says Sergeant Alfred Odongkara, the officer in charge of the police post has been arrested to help in investigations. “He has been charged with neglect of duty because at the time of the incident he was at the trading centre,” he said.
At the time of filing this story, Bosco Otim, the Aswa river region Police Commander was visiting the police post in Kitgum.
In June 2016, a Police officer, ASP Amos Masaba, the then Aswa Regional Firefighting Commander, was killed in an attack on Gulu central Police Station.
