Police officer shoots self dead in Masindi
Police conveyed the lifeless body of Tembo to Masindi Artillery Barracks Mortuary for autopsy.
Masindi: Police in Masindi district have commenced investigations under which a police officer shot himself dead.
The tragic incident happened on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at around 3:30PM at Kabalye Police Training School in Kabalye Cell, Karujubu Division, Masindi Municipality.
The deceased has been identified as No. 70992 PC James Tembo, 29, aborn of Bundibugyo district.
Julius Allan Hakiza, the Albertine Regional Police Spokesperson told this publication that the deceased was attached to Kabalye Police Training School as an instructor.
‘’Tembo allegedly shot himself dead after PC Onek Francis told him to handle for him an AK-47 gun as he went to meet the school administrator but shortly he heard a gun shot,’’ Hakiza explained.
The regional police mouthpiece asserted that case of suicide by shooting was reported, a team of Police officers from Masindi central Police visited the scene, statement from relevant witnesses recorded.
Hakiza said that an AK-47 gun with 28 live ammunition was recovered and exhibited and a postmortem was conducted by a police surgeon. Meanwhile, PC Onek Francis has been arrested to aid in investigation.
Police conveyed the lifeless body of Tembo to Masindi Artillery Barracks Mortuary for autopsy.
The incident happened at a time a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier Corporal Aggrey Byamugisha allegedly shot dead a 32-year-old hawker identified only as Mugisha.
The tragic incident occurred on April 19, 2025 at around 2:00 AM in Kijura North Cell, Central Division of Masindi Municipality.
The suspect was arrested and detained at Masindi Central Police Station.
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