Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six Field Force Unit – FFU police officers attached to the integrated highway detach at Ayago in Nwoya district are hospitalized at Anaka government hospital following a nasty road accident. The accident occurred on Tuesday morning next to Agung trading centre, about 22 kilometers from …
Read More »Man arrested in Gulu for knocking two dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Gulu has arrested a 34-year-old man for knocking dead two people. Justine Odong, a resident of Cubu in Laroo-Pece division in Gulu city was arrested on Tuesday after the Toyota Noah registration number UBB 646P he was driving lost control and rammed …
Read More »Homosexuality suspect now held on murder charge
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 33-year old man who spent six months after being accused of having sex with another man is back in the cells, this time charged with murdering a man who testified against him in the older case. Emmanuel Oweka, a resident of Forgod Parish, Bardege …
Read More »Cases of domestic violence in Acholi region increase
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has said cases of domestic violence in Acholi sub-region increased between March to October this year. The report indicates that from March to October this year, a total of 1,189 cases of domestic violence were reported to police in the eight districts of Acholi …
Read More »Police truck knocks three people dead in Nwoya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people were on Thursday evening knocked dead by a police truck in Nwoya district. The incident happened at Agung village, Anaka sub–county along the Packwach–Karuma highway when a motorcycle registration number UEV 202X on which they were riding joined the highway and collided with …
Read More »Defilement suspect escapes from Gulu police station
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A defilement suspect on Sunday night escaped from police custody at Gulu Central Police Station. Eric Olanya, aged 18 and a resident of Cubu A and C, Tegwana Parish in Laroo –Pece Division allegedly defiled a 10-year-old girl on November 3. He was later arrested …
Read More »3 year old boy dies in Elegu floods
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A minor was killed on Sunday evening when floods swept through Elegu Town Council in Amuru district. Three-year-old Raymond Giga had just been put to sleep by her mother, Sylvia Gimono in Lorikwo West Village in Elegu Town Council when the floods submerged the …
Read More »Rampant murders worry Acholi leaders
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Acholi Sub Region are concerned with the increasing number of murder cases being registered. In the past three weeks, at least 8 murder cases have been registered in the region. The latest is of one Kenneth Ogwang who Police say axed his wife …
Read More »Footballer beaten to death for poor defending
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Lamwo District have in custody two brothers accused of causing the death of a local football player they assaulted for alleged poor defending during a friendly local football match. The suspects are Joel Okello 19 and Francis Opio 23 all residents …
Read More »Teenager commits suicide over domestic violence
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A teenage girl has committed suicide in Gulu city over domestic conflicts in her family. The 14-year-old primary seven-candidate of Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Primary School in Kitintale Kampala hanged herself following a fight between her father Alfred Oryema and mother Concy Oroma at their home …
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