Police are investigating the circumstances under which suspected armed robbers attacked a family of six Somalis today in Kampala City’s Rubaga Division, killing one on spot and injuring two others.
The deceased, Laban Mohammed, was a businessman operating from Kisingiri Zone, Bukesa Parish in Rubaga Division.
It is alleged that the deceased was staying with Mohammed Yassin and their sisters in the same house.
While they were sleeping at around 3am, about four unknown criminals armed with a pistol entered their house from the behind door, went straight into their bedroom and started assaulting them.
The deceased and his brother Yassan Mohammed confronted the thugs in self-defense but the assailants shot Laban in the head from the left-hand side prior to his death.
According to police, Yassan was shot with two bullets to his left shoulder as his brother’s killers ran away immediately.
Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango told journalists in Kampala that two files of murder and attempted murder were registered at Old Kampala police station as investigations continue.
Last month, about eight people died in a spate of shootings in Uganda’s capital, drawing concern for increasing insecurity in Kampala and some other parts of the country.
