Willy Ogwal, the Officer in Charge for Kyesiiga Police Post in Masaka district, has been arrested for shooting dead civilians following a conflict in a bar. Ogwal allegedly shot three people, including a 2-year-old toddler, on Saturday night, after he responded to a bar fight in Ndeeba trading center in Lwaggulwe parish.
Mikidad Lusiba, the Kyesiiga sub-county chairperson, narrates that Ogwal had gone to the bar after receiving a call about a fight among revellers. According to him, the policeman responded to the fighting as a group of people engaged suspected phone snatchers in the bar, and when he was overwhelmed by the situation, he drew a gun to fire bullets
Lusiba indicates that in the shootout, Ogwal instantly killed Ashiraf Kiweewa, a two-year-old baby, before injuring his mother, Aisha Kisakyamukama, and Gerald Kiweewa, who are nursing wounds at Kyanamukaka Health Center IV.
Ogwal was eventually picked by police officers from Masaka Central Police Station at Kyanamukaka sub-county, where he is currently detained. According to the Greater Masaka Regional police spokesperson, Twaha Kasirye, investigations into the matter have been instituted. ”We just want to understand what really transpired at the scene, whether it is murder or it was in self-defense, and we have recorded statements from some eyewitnesses,” he said-URN. Give us feedback on this story through our email: kamwokyatimes@gmail.com
