Suspected Pokot warriors
have shot dead a police constable in Nakapiripirit district.
Raphael Opio
Akol was reportedly shot dead last night in an ambush allegedly staged by the
warriors.
Mike Longole,
police mouthpiece for Karamoja says UPDF soldiers responding to the attack set
up another ambush, where one warrior was put out of action.
Longole says
the district police commander Nakapiripirit along with the investigating team
have visited the scene and retrieved two cartridges, while a bow and six arrows
were also recovered.
By press time,
the body of constable Opio was yet to be transported to Moroto regional
referral hospital for a postmortem, as inquiries into the incident continue.