The accused officers identified as SPC Delilah Etotu and detective SPC Joram Eteku shot and injured the minor last night at Odudui trading Centre, where they had been called to control a crowd that had gathered to celebrate Ugandas Independence Day.
According to the Kiira Regional Police spokesperson Samson Lubega, the deceased have been identified as Police Constables Nuwamanya Simon and Wafula Godfrey. Lubega says that the shooting happened when a group of ten police officers returned from a bar, to the barracks at around midnight and were denied entrance at the gate because it was beyond the regulated time.
Henry Ocheng, the Soroti District Police Commander, who rushed to Soroti regional hospital to assess the condition of the victim declined to comment on the matter saying that he hadnt got details on the incident.
Police in Butaleja district is investigating circumstances under which one of their officers fired live bullets at a crowd during a public demonstration killing one person and injuring three others.
Six police officers attached to Kamwenge police station in Kamwenge district are behind bars at the Rwenzori regional police headquarters in Fort Portal on allegations of murder.
