Tragedy at Kiboga Prison, three shot dead
Photo Courtesy; Daily Monitor
By Daniel Wandera & Mike Sebalu
A prison warder attached to Kiboga Central Prison in Kiboga District has today shot dead three people including two prison officers and a woman at the barracks in Kiboga Town Council, Kiboga District.
Wamala region Police Spokesperson Mr. Lameck Kigozi has identified the suspect as Moses Anguyo who allegedly shot his supervisors before fleeing the facility naked with the killer gun.
In a press statement, Frank Baine, the Prisons Service Spokesperson, says that although the gun used in the shooting has been recovered, the suspect remains at large and is considered dangerous.
The deceased have been identified as Assistant Superintendent of Prisons Hope Catherine (Deputy Officer in Charge), Principal Officer I Akishuri Bright (3rd in Command and Ms Ayebare Sarah, the spouse of the Officer in Charge.
“The incident occurred at about 10am, when No. 13544 Anguyo opened fire on his supervisors”, Mr Baine said in a statement.
In an earlier statement Mr Kigozi said that the incident occurred while the deputy OC and the in-charge duties were on routine inspection and supervision of their staffs when they encountered Anguyo chatting away on WhatsApp which is against prisons duty procedures.
“They cautioned him and moved away not knowing that he had not taken the caution in good faith. He followed that and opened gunfire at them, killing three people instantly including the OC’s wife who was in the vicinity”, Mr Kigo explained.
Kigozi added that Kiboga police and the UPDF have responded and reinforced security at the prison facility.
The killer weapon has been recovered with fifteen rounds of ammunition, and the bodies of the deceased have been taken to Kiboga hospital for postmortem examination.
