The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on Saturday said one of the people who last week attacked a security installation in Jinja District has been put out of action.
The attack which happened on Thursday November 17 led to the death of Sgt Simon Peter Eyagu who was strangled and shot dead while guarding at Ambercourt road close to Gadaffi Barracks Jinja Cantonment, according to UPDF.
Two SMG guns were taken by the assailants but the army said efforts were underway to recover them before vowing the assailants will meet the “necessary retaliation.”
Now, the army through the official Twitter handle of its spokesperson on Saturday evening said the two guns stolen from the installation have also been recovered.
“Today, 26th Nov 2022, one of the assailants that carried out the attack on Sentry along Ambercourt road in Gaddafi Barracks where one soldier was killed and two SMG rifles stolen has been put out of action and two stolen guns recovered,” reads the tweet.
The army did not provide further details regarding where and how he was put out of action.
Defence Spokesperson, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye last week said there was no cause for alarm as security was on top of the situation and that the criminals would be dealt with.
“The attack on our guards will meet the necessary retaliation. We are working closely with the Ugada Police Force (UPF) and other security agencies to apprehend the criminals. Two suspects have so far been arrested and we have leads to apprehend the entire group,” said Defence spokesperson, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye.
He urged Jinja residents and Ugandans to remain calm as “these acts of criminality shall be dealt with decisively like we have dealt with many others before.”
The attack was the third on security installations in less than a month.
The latest had hitherto been on November 14, when unknown gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire at Kensington Police Post in Kyanja at around 1am, sending police officers and locals into panic.
The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, said at the time that the gunmen fired two rounds that shuttered the window pane at the police post.
Two weeks earlier, gunmen on the evening of November 1, 2022 killed the officer-in-charge (OC) of investigations alongside a police constable and injured another in an attack on Busiika Police Post in Luweero District.
The injured officer died days after he was admitted at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Geoffrey Tumusiime Katsigazi, blamed the Busiika attack on a rebel outfit called Uganda National Coalition for Change.