Police have named 19-year-old Bashir Lubega as the prime suspect in the attack on Advance Smart Micro Finance in Wobulenzi town council in Luwero district, which claimed the life of a security guard.
Mr. Lubega was picked up in an operation involving the Flying Police Squad unit and detectives from Luwero Central Police Station early this week.
Police also recovered two SAR rifles, which Lubega who disguised as mentally ill, is suspected to have stolen from the 20-year-old late Leone Odongo, a private guard with SGA Security Company.
Mr. Patrick Lule, the Acting Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson, says that Lubega confessed to masterminding the attack and helped Police to dig up the two guns he had stolen.
Mr. Lule also revealed that Lubega told police that he trained himself on the use of firearms and tested his skills a few days before the attack by shooting at billboards along the highway. Mr. Lule speaking……
It is alleged that Lubega told the operatives that he didn’t want to kill the guard but he refused to voluntarily surrender his arm. END