A Military Major has reportedly been shot dead and another junior officer injured in a shooting inside Nakasongola Military Barracks.
Its reported that a UPDF Lance Corporal allegedly attacked the Major at around 7pm at his residence and shot him dead last evening after the senior officer reportedly declined to give leave to the suspect who had wished to attend to an emergence back home.
Lieutenant Ibrahim Ssekito, the Nakasongola Military Barracks spokesperson said that in the attack, a junior officer who tried to arrest the killer was injured and is currently hospitalized at Nakasongola military hospital. Lt. Ssekito says that UPDF soldiers are currently hunting for the killer who is on run but declined to disclose the identity of the deceased. END.