{"id":223125,"date":"2016-06-17T08:58:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T08:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=223125"},"modified":"2016-06-17T08:58:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T08:58:31","slug":"deadly-shooting-spree-in-uganda-barracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/deadly-shooting-spree-in-uganda-barracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly shooting spree in Uganda barracks"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Ugandan soldier has killed seven people, including three children, in a shooting spree at a military police barracks in the capital, Kampala.<\/p>\n
The soldier, Sgt Isaac Obua, was then shot dead himself.<\/p>\n
Military police spokesman Maj Edward Birungi said Sgt Obua had had a dispute with his wife.<\/p>\n
He is reported to have got drunk and then started shooting while searching for his wife, who managed to escape.<\/p>\n
As well as the three children, Sgt Obua killed a female soldier and three soldiers’ wives. Two others are said to be injured during the shooting at Makindye barracks in the south of Kampala.<\/p>\n
Army spokesperson Lt Col Paddy Ankunda tweeted “Sgt Obua… has just gone bonkers killed seven people”.<\/p>\n
He then tweeted: “We are all mourning.”<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Patience Atuhaire in Kampala says that there have been several incidents of soldiers going on the rampage in Uganda.<\/p>\n
In May, three people were killed and six injured in a bar. And in 2014, a soldier killed 10, also in a bar.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Ugandan soldier has killed seven people, including three children, in a shooting spree at a military police barracks in the capital, Kampala. The soldier, Sgt Isaac Obua, was then shot dead himself. Military police spokesman Maj Edward Birungi said Sgt Obua had had a dispute with his wife. He is reported to have got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":223126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n