A Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier was gunned down on a Saturday night attack in Kapeeka town,Nakaseke district.

According to ministry of Defence spokesperson Brigadier Felix Kulayigye revealed that a UPDF foot patrol was ambushed at 1030hrs in Kikondo cell in Kapeka town council by two assailants armed with one AK 47 rifle.

On contact, the assailants shot dead a UPDF soldier RA/260979 Private Tufeyo Obed and his colleagues fired back on target, killing all the two assailants instantly, and recovered the gun they used in the attack, no weapon was lost by UPDF.

“In a related incident, an intelligence led operation working together with Uganda Police and other sister forces in lganga district on Saturday 26 November 2022 Put Out of Action the assailant that carried out an attack on a sentry along Ambercourt road in Gadaffi Barracks, where one soldier was killed and two SMG rifles stolen. All the two guns were recovered from the assailant”,he said.

The UPDF and sister security forces have launched a full scale on slot on criminals interested in picking rifles to make unpalatable the appetite for gun acquisition.

Saturday’s attack is the latest in series of attacks in which soldiers and policemen are the target.

The scene of crime has been cordoned off and visited by top security chiefs in the region.