Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have raised the red flag over the upsurge of ambush attacks on security personnel, following the murder of four police officers in the last few months. According to police records, four policemen have been killed in six deadly ambush attacks, and two Local Defence …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint anti-terrorism team has recovered a silver grenade and a Congolese marked AK47 gun at the home of a suspected member of the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF. The anti-terrorism squad drawn from JATT, CI and CMI at the weekend raided a shop of a boda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Crime Intelligence is holding another pastor over the kidnap and ritual sacrifice of a four-year-old girl in Jinja district. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga identifies the suspect as Israel Buyinza, a senior pastor from the deliverance and healing Ministry in Gganda-Nansana municipality, Wakiso district. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Intelligence and Counter Terror Task Teams, have arrested another member of the ADF terror cell, and recovered an assortment of terror related exhibits. The suspect identified as Isma Kiyemba, is a 24-year-old, male adult and resident of Makandwa village, Kajjansi town council, in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 10 police ambulance drivers are being probed by the Professional Standards Unit (PSU) for allegedly charging patients and turning the vehicles into passenger vans. It is reported that several people have lodged complaints at PSU accusing the drivers of asking them to pay …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have revealed that many of the wanted terror suspects allegedly attached to Allied Democratic Forces -ADF have now left Kampala metropolitan area perhaps for upcountry places or even sneaked back to their hideouts in neighbouring countries. Without revealing names or number of terror suspects …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has charged Paul Mubiru and Hajib Kiggundu on three counts. This stems from an incident where Mubiru was seen selling grasshoppers, a local delicacy known as Nsenene, aboard Uganda Airlines last Friday. Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of Uganda Police Force says the duo …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ever since the attack on former Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Edward Katumba Wamala on June 1, Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence, Crime Intelligence, and Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce have arrested over 100 terror suspects but 12 of them have been shot dead during investigations. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has confirmed that they killed Sheikh Muhammad Kirevu in Masajja, a Kampala suburb earlier today. Addressing the press at the police headquarters in Naguru this evening, Fred Enanga, police spokesperson said Kirevu was killed as he tried to resist arrest. Enanga said the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has cautioned Ugandans against rushing to suspected bomb explosion scenes. As some Ugandans mourn their relatives who perished in the Tuesday’s twin suicide bombings in Kampala, police has come out to tell Ugandans to be careful. Two bombs went off near the Kampala Central …
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