Tag Archives: Assassination

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has committed to High Court eight suspects implicated in the attempted assassination of General Katumba Wamala to face trial on 30 charges. The eight are: Yusuf Siraje Nyanzi, Hussein Sserubula, Muhammad Kagugube, Sirimani Kisambira, Abudullah Aziz Ramadhan, Dunka, Kamada Walusimbi, …

Panama city | Xinhua | Panamanian authorities on Tuesday handed over to U.S. officials a former Colombian military officer implicated in the July 7 assassination of then Haitian president Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, according to the Panamanian National Immigration Service. Mario Antonio Palacios was detained Monday night at the Tocumen International …

Antananarivo, Madagascar | Xinhua | Madagascar authorities have arrested 21 suspects over an assassination attempt on President Andry Rajoelina, local media reported on Monday. Berthine Razafiarivony, general attorney of the court of appeal of Antananarivo, told a briefing on Sunday that based on tangible, material evidence in the hands of investigators, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission has asked the police and other security organizations to investigate the circumstances under which suspects who were accused of attempting to kill the former Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala were killed. Speaking to reporters on Monday at …

Mexico City, Haiti | Xinhua | Haitian police have arrested two of the gunmen who are suspected to have assassinated President Jovenel Moise early on Wednesday, while four others were killed when apprehended by the authorities, said Leon Charles, director general of the National Police. The police operation also led to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A second suspect in the June 1st attempted assassination of Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has been shot dead. The four-star General was attacked at Kisota road where his daughter Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo were killed on spot. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The designate Minister of Works and Transport General Edward Katumba Wamala says that he receives daily briefings about the ongoing investigations into an attack which almost claimed his life early this month. Katumba made the statement shortly after appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee which was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has said that the attack on General Katumba Wamala was politically motivated. The President was speaking after the budget reading on Thursday at Kololo Independence Grounds. According to President Museveni, the attack was a definite political motive, and they will know who was …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s post-uprising Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok escaped unharmed Monday as an assassination attempt using explosives targeted his convoy in the capital Khartoum, his top aide said. “An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s car was driving by but thank God no one was hurt,” said …

Banjul, Gambia | AFP | Relatives of people murdered by death squads in The Gambia expressed outrage on Monday over the release of three former hitmen, who said they committed dozens of assassinations ordered by ex-president Yahya Jammeh. The men, who were part of an unofficial paramilitary unit known as the …