Our operations against criminals are ongoing. We have intensified patrols and heightened vigilance, enabling our officers to respond swiftly to criminal activity in a number of crime-prone areas in Kampala Metropolitan Policing Area and other parts of the country.
On 23 October 2026, at about 7:30 p.m., a female student of Metropolitan International University in Mengo was travelling home on a boda-boda when she was attacked by about four men armed with pangas near the interchange between the Northern Bypass and the Entebbe Expressway. The assailants grabbed her bag, which contained two mobile phones.
The victim raised an alarm, attracting police officers on patrol. As the officers responded, the suspects fled into a nearby swamp.
Officers pursued the suspects. During the pursuit, one of the suspects allegedly turned on an officer and attempted to attack him with a panga. The suspect was shot and died while being taken for medical treatment.
Police recovered a panga, a knife and the victim’s bag containing her two mobile phones from the suspect.
The deceased’s identity has not yet been established. His body was taken to Mulago City Mortuary for a postmortem examination.
