LDU arrested for staging road ambush
Uganda People's Defence Forces- UPDF is holding a local defense unit personnel in Moroto suspected of staging an ambush along Moroto-Soroti road. The suspect, whose identity has been withheld by the army for fear of jeopardising investigations, was picked up on Thursday.
He is believed to have ambushed a road user around Nadunget junction in Moroto on Wednesday night together with another person still at large. Captain Abert Arinaitwe, the UPDF 3rd Division spokesman, says the attackers had a gun, which is yet to be recovered. He revealed that the attackers robbed one person and attempted to rob a pickup truck and Noah.
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