A student from Soroti Pharmaceutical College was Friday night shot dead by unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle.
Patrick Olinga, believed to be in his early 20s, was killed along Engunyu Road in Camp Swahili when he attempted to foil a robbery by unidentified persons riding a motorcycle.
According to ASP Edison Obukulem, the acting East Kyoga Police spokesperson, the assailants fled with a bag containing an unspecified sum of money belonging to a local businessman the deceased tried to help.
Olinga was a student at Soroti Pharmaceutical College.
Witnesses the deceased attempted to intervene when one of the assailants shot at him.
“The deceased was trying to help a friend whose bag was being snatched, resulting in his fatal shooting,” said a witness.
Police have cordoned off the crime scene, and the victim’s body was transported to the mortuary for postmortem.
Police have appealed for information leading to the arrest of the assailants.
This article was written by Nile Post