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World - Africa Updated: May 16, 2023

Gunmen Disguised In Police Uniform Stage Robbery Near Police Station

By Rasheed Olajide Awoniyi
May 16, 2023
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Gunmen in Uganda Police Defence Force uniform stage an illegal roadblock near a police station on Monday night while successfully robbing travellers along the road.

Kayunga District police said they are investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred near the Kayunga Central police station on Monday night.

Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa Region Spokesperson, stated that the 9 p.m. theft occurred at the Kayunga district headquarters, which is just a short distance from the Kayunga District police headquarters.

Aramanzan Sabiiti, one of the victims, said he and 34 other sellers were returning from the weekly market in the Bbaale district onboard a truck when they came upon a roadblock manned by four UPDF personnel near a marsh along the Kayunga-Bbaale road.

“The armed men ordered all of us to lie down after which they asked us to hand over all the money and phones that were in our possession. 

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"In a panicky mood we handed over every valuable we had to them,” he said.

Tonny Mabinda, a doctor at Bbaale Health Centre IV, is among those robbed. When he told the suspected armed men he didn't have any money, he was beaten.

"At this time, no arrests have been made; however, police are working tirelessly to apprehend the robbers as investigations continue," Butoto stated.

Some of the victims, who spoke to a local Uganda media publication on the condition of anonymity, blamed the police for failing to respond in time even though they (police) were warned about the robbery and that it occurred approximately 400 meters away from a police station.

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