The territorial police of Maracha is investigating an incident of murder and suicide by shooting in which a police officer took his life after killing his wife.
This happened in Yiba village, Robu parish, Oleba Sub county, Maracha District.
It is alleged that on Tuesday, August 23 at around 6pm Isaac Alioma, an SPC attached to Kijomoro police station in Kijomoro Sub county, signed for a gun ready for night duty at the station but later escaped.
It is said that he escaped from his beat in Kijomoro sub county at unknown time in the night, and went to his village home in Oleba sub county for reasons not yet known to police.
At around 11:55pm, close neighbors reportedly heard gunshots from SPC Alioma's home and when they rushed to find out what happened, they found two dead bodies lying in a pool of blood with injuries on their heads.
This was confirmed by Josephine Angucia, the West Nile regional police spokesperson.
She said that police have commenced investigations into the incident vide; Oleba police station SD 02/24/8/2022.
When the scene of crime officers visited the scene, they recovered an SMG number UG POL 56590730729591 with twenty five (25) rounds of ammunitions and three cartridges.
“It's suspected that SPC Alioma shot his wife dead, and there after committed suicide by shooting himself dead,” Angucia said.
The two dead bodies were conveyed to Maracha hospital pending postmortem.
