Police has kicked off investigations into the killing of two people when thugs raided a mobile money point in Bunamwaya, Makindye Ssabagabo in Wakiso district.
The incident according to Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango happened at around 10pm on Monday evening when Harriet Naluwadde,33, a mobile money agent and Moreen Nakabuubi, 25 a worker were shot dead by armed robbers.
“It is alleged that five thugs riding on three unidentified motorcycles robbed the victims of an unspecified amount of money before shooting them near their shop as they headed home,”Onyango said.
The police mouthpiece said after shooting dead the mobile money agents and robbing them of the money they had, the robbers vanished in thin air.
He asked members of the public with valuable information that would lead to the arrest of the suspect to give it to police for action to be taken.
Similar incidents
The incident comes on the heels of another attack in which six thugs armed with guns and riding on three motorcycles raided Cheap hardware in Nansana killing three people including one of the managers and left others injured.
They would later rob the hardware shop of an unspecified sum of money.
According to eye witnesses business came to a standstill for over 20 minutes when the robbers wearing masked sealed off Hoima road without any vehicle allowed to move.
They later fired bullets in the air to dispel off any possible attacker before robbing the hardware shop in broad day light before taking off with their loot.
Earlier, there had been another armed robbery in Mpererwe along Gayaza road in which huge sums of money were stolen from a supermarket.
Speaking during the unveiling of the Police Crime report for the year 2018, CID Director Grace Akullo said the increased number of boda bodas and advancement in technology have greatly led to increase in crime.
“There is widespread use of boda bodas making it easy for people to commit crimes and later escape easily,”Akullo said.
