The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech has revealed that the assailants who shot at Gen Edward Katumba Wamala trailed his vehicle for over four kilometers from his home in Bulabira – Najeera.
Maj Gen Lokech revealed that four assailants, who were riding on two motorcycles with concealed number plates, pulled up next to Gen Katumba Wamala’s car and shot several bullets that instantly killed his daughtrer Nantongo Brenda and his driver Haruna Kayondo.”
The deputy IGP said the shooting happened between 8:47am and 8:58am.
He noted that the shooting was not an isolated or random incident but rather targeted and noted that investigations into the same have now kicked off with an aim of bringing the culprits to book.
In the past, state prosecutor Joan Kagezi, Maj Muhammad Kiggundu, AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, ASP Muhammad Kirumira and Col Ibrahim Abiriga have been killed in a similar fashion by assailants moving on motorcycles spraying their vehicles with bullets.
