Three Ugandan soldiers were killed by an angry mob near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, after being accused of being criminals by the local population, police and a local official said Sunday.
“Three of our soldiers have been killed by a mob and investigations are going on to establish the circumstances under which the soldiers were killed,” the official Peter Debele told AFP.
“Three guns have been recovered from the scene of the attack and eight people have been arrested in connection with the killing of the soldiers,” he added.
Debele said the armed soldiers were attached to an army unit guarding the Ugandan border point of Vurra.
The government earlier this year banned civilians from donning any type of camouflage due to the number of criminals donning military-style gear.
The soldiers, some eight kilometers (five miles) from their post, were stopped by residents for “questioning, they handed over the guns but the mob turned rowdy and lynched…
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