Unknown assailants attacked Gaddafi barracks in Jinja, killed one soldier and robbed two guns on Thursday evening, Police has confirmed.
“Please ignore reports that two police officers were attacked and killed in Jinja by unknown armed assailants. The alleged attack was against a UPDF officer manning the entry check point at Gaddafi Barracks, who was killed and two guns robbed. The cowardly attack is being investigated,” Police said in statement.
This is the third attack on security agencies in less than a month.
On Monday 14 November, gunmen riding on a motorcycle attacked Kensington Apartments police post in Kyanja. The assailants fired bullets at the window of the police post but no police officer was injured in the debacle.
On October 31, a violent attack was carried out on Busiika Police Station where armed assailants shot at and killed two police officers on duty, injured two others, one critically, and thereafter, robbed two police guns from them.
