One suspected thief has been shot dead by Police patrol officers as they successfully foiled an armed robbery incident in Ssemwogerere Zone, Nakawa Division, in Kampala District in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, SP Kawala Racheal, preliminary information indicates that at about 12:50am, a businessman together with his wife was walking along Mukasa Road when they were intercepted by three armed robbers.
“The suspects ordered the couple to stop and lie down, which they complied with” she said.
Kawala noted that the robbers then proceeded to rob the businessman of his mobile phone and wallet at gunpoint.
“As they turned to demand the woman’s phone, police officers who were conducting motorcycle patrols in the area arrived at the scene. Upon noticing the police presence, the suspects fled, abandoning a bag that contained suspected stolen property and a rifle” she said.
Kawala revealed that police officers immediately pursued the suspects, and during the operation, one unidentified male suspect, believed to be approximately 25 years old, was put out of action.
Kawala said police recovered a number of exhibits from the scene which include, one SAR rifle, a bayonet, four smartphones suspected to be stolen, two black shaving machines, three black jackets, one empty cartridge, a screwdriver, one pair of red canvas shoes and a black laptop bag’
“The body of the deceased suspect was conveyed to Mulago City Mortuary for postmortem examination” she said.
