Police in Kireka have recovered a fully loaded gun with 22 rounds of live ammunition.
Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson reveals that the gun was stolen from Kireka Police barracks on November 14, 2022.
He says the gun was stolen from a police officer’s residence by assailants who attacked and brutally injured him with cuts to the head using a sharp panga. The officer is currently nursing grave injuries at Naguru Hospital.
Onyango explains that one of the assailants was injured during the raid and was rushed to hospital by a boda boda rider who later reported the matter to police.
Onyango says police also recovered a national identity card belonging to the hospitalized officer in the suspect’s pocket. 5 live ammunition were recovered in the same operation.
Police is currently grilling the suspect at Jinja Rd police station to smoke out his partners in crime and reveal where other suspected stolen items are hidden.
Compiled by Minah Nalule
