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UPDF Soldier Commits Suicide after Shooting Woman to Death

Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Police Spokesperson, says that police visited the scene where they recovered a firearm, two cartridges and one bullet. Police picked the deceased’s bodies and delivered them to Apac general hospital pending postmortem.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Police spokesperson

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A Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldier attached to NARO Army detach in Akokoro Sub-county in Apac district has shot dead a 20-year-old woman before taking his own life.  

The soldier is 45-year-old Samuel Ojara while his victim is Sharon Akello. Ojara reportedly followed Akello to the shared bath shelter within the barracks on Monday night and shot her at a close range before shooting himself.

Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Police Spokesperson, says that police visited the scene where they recovered a firearm, two cartridges and one bullet. Police picked the deceased’s bodies and delivered them to Apac general hospital pending postmortem.

According to Okema, investigations into the matter are ongoing.  

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Police have opened a case of murder and suicide at Apac Central Police Station under CRB 436/2021 

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