Curiously, some of the shootings or killings have happened in the first week of June or the December festive season, with two of them coming only days before the State of the Nation Address.
Highly placed security sources say ballistic analysis of cartridges retrieved from the latest scene of crime shows the same AK-47 rifle used to eliminate the ex-ADF rebel commander was at work.
Hurdles in Gen Katumba shooting probe
Thursday June 03 2021
Scene-of-crime officers at the spot where Gen Edward Katumba Wamala was shot at on Kisota Road in Kisaasi, Kampala, yesterday. PHOTO/ ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
Summary
Security experts say more than 24 hours is long enough for the suspects to cover their tracks, for instance discarding the motorcycles and firearms used in the crime.
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The investigations into the attempted assassination of outgoing minister of Works and Transport Edward Katumba Wamala on Tuesday have started on a slow note.
By press time yesterday, the joint investigation team had not arrested any suspects or recovered the guns and the motorcycles used in the crime.