KATWE: Security guard shoots UPDF officer dead before being killed by a mob

A security officer shot and killed a UPDF officer following a fight in a bar. The incident happened on Saturday at around 11 pm.

Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy spokesperson, said that security guard Otim Huron picked a fight with UPDF officer Mubangizi Moses at a bar in Katwe.

Mubangizi is said to have fought with Otim and disarmed him, giving the gun to another security guard, Wana Simon.

Otim allegedly attacked Wana, took the gun back, and returned to the bar, where he shot and killed Mubangizi. The mob then beat Otim to death.

According to the police, they responded to the scene and recovered one gun and one bullet, but the magazine was missing.

The bodies were taken to the KCCA city mortuary for postmortem, and Wana has been arrested and held at Katwe police division for further investigations.

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