Police get more info on bank shooting
Jan 06, 2009
THE Police have unearthed more information suggesting that the shooting at the Garden City branch of Standard Chartered Bank could have been sparked off by a love affair gone bad.
By Steven Candia
THE Police have unearthed more information suggesting that the shooting at the Garden City branch of Standard Chartered Bank could have been sparked off by a love affair gone bad.
On Monday, Tobby Omara, a guard attached to Security Group, shot dead Juliet Birungi, a cleaner and critically injured his colleague, Joel Ssebabi, before shooting himself in an incident the Police described as a crime of passion.
The additional evidence was contained in a chit to Omara recovered from Birungi’s body. Penned in bitterness, the chit points at failed expectations, fuelled by class differences and ends with Birungi calling it quits.
Police say Birungi’s letter corroborates evidence contained in what is thought to be a suicide note recovered from Omara’s body.
The letter recovered from Birungi, which begins in a low tone, gradually rising in intensity and severity lends credence to speculation that the tragic incident could have been a result of a love affair gone bad.
“How are you Tobby. You asked me for love, I also accepted. I thought you are an understanding man but I have come to learn that something is missing in your head,†the letter begins.
It goes on: “The time you started loving me you did not know that I was a toilet cleaner. Tobby thank you for all the bad words, you have been abusing me but any way it is my fault…â€
It ends on a high note with Birungi fed up and calling it quits.
“From now I am not your class but all women you are dating are cleaners. So Tobby go for a medical checkup. Stop making my phone busy because I don’t need you any more in my life and your head is not working properly. I have been so patient with you…â€
The Police say the letter indicates the fact that the tragic incident was premeditated and fuelled by bitterness.
Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba yesterday said both chits would be submitted to a hand writing expert for examination to establish whether they had been written by the deceased.
Nabakooba added that the five suspects who had been arrested in connection with incident had been released.
In a related development, the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, yesterday met owners of private security organisations at the Police headquarters.
Meanwhile, the bank resumed business yesterday, opening its doors at 10:00am. The mood, especially that of staff, was pensive.
THE Police have unearthed more information suggesting that the shooting at the Garden City branch of Standard Chartered Bank could have been sparked off by a love affair gone bad.
On Monday, Tobby Omara, a guard attached to Security Group, shot dead Juliet Birungi, a cleaner and critically injured his colleague, Joel Ssebabi, before shooting himself in an incident the Police described as a crime of passion.
The additional evidence was contained in a chit to Omara recovered from Birungi’s body. Penned in bitterness, the chit points at failed expectations, fuelled by class differences and ends with Birungi calling it quits.
Police say Birungi’s letter corroborates evidence contained in what is thought to be a suicide note recovered from Omara’s body.
The letter recovered from Birungi, which begins in a low tone, gradually rising in intensity and severity lends credence to speculation that the tragic incident could have been a result of a love affair gone bad.
“How are you Tobby. You asked me for love, I also accepted. I thought you are an understanding man but I have come to learn that something is missing in your head,†the letter begins.
It goes on: “The time you started loving me you did not know that I was a toilet cleaner. Tobby thank you for all the bad words, you have been abusing me but any way it is my fault…â€
It ends on a high note with Birungi fed up and calling it quits.
“From now I am not your class but all women you are dating are cleaners. So Tobby go for a medical checkup. Stop making my phone busy because I don’t need you any more in my life and your head is not working properly. I have been so patient with you…â€
The Police say the letter indicates the fact that the tragic incident was premeditated and fuelled by bitterness.
Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba yesterday said both chits would be submitted to a hand writing expert for examination to establish whether they had been written by the deceased.
Nabakooba added that the five suspects who had been arrested in connection with incident had been released.
In a related development, the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, yesterday met owners of private security organisations at the Police headquarters.
Meanwhile, the bank resumed business yesterday, opening its doors at 10:00am. The mood, especially that of staff, was pensive.