Escort kills UPDF officer

Feb 13, 2003

The UPDF detach commander for Sundet in Kapchorwa district, 2nd Lt. Kivumbi Ssonko, was on Saturday shot dead by his escort

The UPDF detach commander for Sundet in Kapchorwa district, 2nd Lt. Kivumbi Ssonko, was on Saturday shot dead by his escort, reports Nathan Etengu.

Kivumbi was gunned down at the home of the LC1 chairman of the area where they had gone to secure food for the soldiers in the unit.

The assailant, George Angiro, an LDU from Soroti, reportedly claimed that he woke up in a dream and thought he was being attacked.

The Brigade Commander, 405, Lt. Col. Patrick Kiyingi, said six bullets were pumped into Kivumbi’s, killing him instantly.

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