A Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier has shot and killed two Local Defence Unit (LDU) soldiers, a civilian and police constable before being shot dead.
The fatal incident happened in Nansana, a suburb in Kampala on Monday morning.
The army army has released a statement confirming the incident and says a probe into the matter has commenced.
BELOW IS THE STATEMENT
We are investigating an unfortunate incident this morning, 1 1/01 /2021, where one of our soldiers, L/Cpl Omara Denis Awillo has shot and killed two Local Defence Unit personnel, one civilian and one police special constable (SPC) at Ganda, Nansana Municipality, Wakiso district.
The culprit was also gunned down in self defence and to stop his wanton action. We condemn the outrageous act of the lower Commander against his subordinates. We extend our sincere condolences to those whose life have been taken and grieve with the families.
Joint investigations have commenced to ascertain what prompted the Junior Non Commissioned Officer (JNCO) to shoot his colleagues.
The public shall be given more details about the incident as we ascertain them.
DEO A AKIIKlfndu (USA)
Lt Col
For DEFENCE SPOKESPERSON
