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KAMPALA: Three Ugandan soldiers were killed by an angry mob near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, after being accused of crimes by the local population, Police and a local official "Three of our soldiers were killed by a mob and investigations are under way to establish the circumstances in which the soldiers were killed," AFP official Peter told AFP. Debele. He added that the armed soldiers were attached to an army unit guarding the Ugandan border point of Vurra. Earlier this year, the government banned civilians from covering up any type of camouflage because of the number of criminals who wore military equipment.
The soldiers, eight kilometers from their post, were stopped by residents for They handed over the weapons but the crowd returned and lynched them by accusing them of coming to steal them. said Debele, a spokeswoman for the Ugandan police for the region, Josephine Angucia. the border post, Corporal Julius Kobum. "We urge the public not to take the law into their hands when they face a challenge, they should have reported to the police," she added. The border region of Uganda is experiencing high levels of crime because of the porous borders used by armed groups to steal and attack local populations.
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