UPDF Major Shot Dead by Colleague in Nakasongola

By Kampala Post Reporter

The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has launched investigations into the gruesome murder by shooting of its senior officer at the rank of Major by another officer.

The incident occurred on Sunday evening at Nakasongola Cantonment. UPDF Spokesperson Brigadier Richard Karemire said the suspect who is now on the run, also shot and injured a junior officer who tried to arrest him. The injured officer is now hospitalized.

Brigadier Karemire did not readily delve into details of the shooting. “This is all I can share at the moment,” he said when asked for identities of the suspect and victims. He added that investigations to establish the motive of the shooting and hunt for the suspect are underway.

A similar incident occurred in May last year when a UPDF soldier under AMISOM in Mogadishu, shot dead his supervisor before turning the gun on himself.