Police officer killed in city riots, Besigye arrested
Mar 21, 2012
A Police officer has been killed in city riots, Police Spokesperson Judith Nabakoba has confirmed.
By Agnes Nantambi and Simon Masaba
An assistant inspector of Police attached to Kafumbe Mukasa Road Police post In Kampala has been killed in city riots, Police Spokesperson Judith Nabakoba has confirmed.
The Police officer identified as Assistant Inspector of Police Ariongo John Bosco, aged 48 died instantly when unidentified people reportedly hit him with a rock, shattering his head.
The officer had been deployed as part of an operation to ensure the maintenance of public order during a procession in down town Kampala led by opposition leader, Dr Kizza Besigye.
"Uganda Police Force with regret confirms that a police officer was killed in a violent assembly at Kampala Road this afternoon," Nabakoba said.
FDC President Kiiza Besigye, Kampala Mayor Elias Lukwago and Kawempe Mubarak Munyagwa with their supporters demonstrating in Kampala along Ben Kiwanuka street on Wednesday.PHOTO: Hannington Nkalubo
Nabakoba said investigations are at a very early stage but that Police is determined to bring those responsible for the death of their colleague to justice.
Meanwhile Police is holding Besigye in an unknown location.
He was arrested along Kampala Road by the Kampala Metropolitan Police commander, Andrew Kaweesi, who bundled him onto a Police car and drove off at breakneck speed.
Dinah Agoye Ariongo (center) the wife to the late Bosco Ariong being helped by relatives as she arrives home after her husband was killed by a rioting mob in Kampala on Tuesday 21st-03-2012.
Besigye was heading to Arua Park after his brief visit to St. Balikuddembe Market in downtown Kampala.
Others arrested and detained at the Central Police Station include Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Kampala woman MP Nabilah Sempala and Kawempe Municipality Mayor Mubarak Munyagwa.