Ugandan soldier shoots seven dead in Kampala barracks!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xpKurCINjx80az1Mv7YG75O7bnVzMn4a_OnU5NHJyyaoWa0kX9V7fxmdtLz626KRsm-yE3wxO1ALhcgAMpBqtNT4fmfqhZefEea_-zARMfZr3KajKoHIHo481zFJ9rWYDLrdYzkRzZVm/s1600/sol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xpKurCINjx80az1Mv7YG75O7bnVzMn4a_OnU5NHJyyaoWa0kX9V7fxmdtLz626KRsm-yE3wxO1ALhcgAMpBqtNT4fmfqhZefEea_-zARMfZr3KajKoHIHo481zFJ9rWYDLrdYzkRzZVm/s1600/sol.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A Ugandan soldier has killed seven people, including three children, in a shooting spree at a military police barracks in the capital, Kampala.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The soldier, Sgt Isaac Obua, was then shot dead himself.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Military police spokesman Maj Edward Birungi said Sgt Obua had had a dispute with his wife.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He is reported to have got drunk and then started shooting while searching for his wife, who managed to escape.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As well as the three children, Sgt Obua killed a female soldier and three soldiers' wives. Two others are said to be injured during the shooting at Makindye barracks in the south of Kampala.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Army spokesperson Lt Col Paddy Ankunda tweeted "Sgt Obua... has just gone bonkers killed seven people".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He then tweeted: "We are all mourning."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The BBC's Patience Atuhaire in Kampala says that there have been several incidents of soldiers going on the rampage in Uganda.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In May, three people were killed and six injured in a bar. And in 2014, a soldier killed 10, also in a bar.</div>

Ugandan soldier shoots seven dead in Kampala barracks!

A Ugandan soldier has killed seven people, including three children, in a shooting spree at a military police barracks in the capital, ...

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