Uganda’s police spokesman shot dead outside home Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s second most prominent policeman was shot and killed in his car on Friday along with two other officers as he left his home in Kampala, police said. Assistant Inspector General of Police Andrew Kaweesi served as the …
Read More »AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi shot dead in Kampala
REPORTS JUST IN indicate that AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and his two body guards have been shot dead as he left his home in Kulambiro, Ntinda just outside the city on Friday morning. Details are still scanty, but initial reports indicate they were attacked by people riding on a motor …
Read More »Former DPC Mwesigye guilty of assaulting journalist, fined
Court has found senior police officer Joram Mwesigye guilty of assaulting WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga in a January 2015 incident. Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu on Friday fined the former Old Kampala district police commander sh1 million for causing bodily harm to the journalist, and ordered him …
Read More »‘Mad’ axeman wounds 9 in German train station rampage
Düsseldorf, Germany | AFP | German police said Friday an axe-wielding attacker who went on the rampage wounding nine at a railway station was mentally ill and may have hoped police would shoot him dead. The 36-year-old Kosovan national had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic with a history of …
Read More »VIDEO: Police summons Stella Nyanzi
VIDEO: Uganda Police force has summoned Makerere researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi to appear before the Criminal Investigations Directorate in Kibuli over cyber crimes. The embattled Makerere university research fellow is required to present herself for alleged sedition, libel and blackmail. The Police states that Nyanzi is wanted to valuable information in …
Read More »Rwandan police detain Uwamahoro, wife of exiled opposition figure
Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | The wife of a member of Rwanda’s opposition in exile who went missing in the central African country two weeks ago, is in police custody accused of ties to a criminal network, her husband said Friday. The Rwandan authorities “have acknowledged that they have Vilette …
Read More »VIDEO: “I Work For Peace”, says Park Yard stick-wielding man
VIDEO: The man caught on camera on Monday wielding a stick and blocking the Lord Mayor and Councilors from visiting Park Yard market opens up to NBS TV, and says he works for peace. About three men were captured Monday afternoon wielding sticks, and at some point blocking traders from accessing …
Read More »Car ploughs into pedestrians in Germany, three hurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | Three people were hurt Saturday when a car ploughed into pedestrians in the southern German city of Heidelberg, said police, who shot and wounded the driver. After the crash, which injured one person seriously, the driver escaped on foot armed with a knife …
Read More »Britain names first woman top police officer
London, United Kingdom | AFP | A woman will become Britain’s most senior police officer for the first time, the government announced on Wednesday, a controversial move due to her involvement in a fatal London shooting. Cressida Dick, 56, will succeed Bernard Hogan-Howe as commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, returning …
Read More »VIDEO: Nsambya Policeman kills wife, shoots self
VIDEO: Police suspects that an officer who killed his wife before shooting himself dead at Nsambya barracks in Kampala could have planned his death. This follows the discovery of a handwritten will just days before Thursday’s incident. It is reported that the police constable signed for a gun, returned to …
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