The suspects are No. RA252471 Private Ben Okite Ben from the fifth Mountain Battalion Kabwera in Kasese District and his collaborator Sam Olum, a resident of Ngai Sub-County in Oyam District.
The incident occurred at around 1.a.m. at Kagezi trading centre, about 12 kilometres South of Masaka Town. Victims of the attack told Uganda Raio Network that about six people dressed in camouflaged uniform stopped vehicles at the illegally erected roadblock and ordered passengers to surrender all their belongings.