Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 10 2021
Kampala metropolitan police deputy spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire (pictured) said the officer shot the suspect in self-defence. PHOTO/FILE/ COURTESY
Summary
The incident comes just days two suspects who confessed to the killing of Special Police Constable (SPC) Garalious Baryabakabu, 58, before stealing his SMG riffle and 30 bullets, were transferred to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) 2nd Division headquarters in Mbarara to be tried in the court martial.
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A suspected shoplifter has died at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he was taken for treatment after he was shot by a police constable who was responding to reports of theft downtown Kampala, authorities have said.