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Gang gunned down in foiled Bank robbery stole Shs557m in six months

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Gang gunned down in foiled Bank robbery stole Shs557m in six months
Police spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke

Police have provided details of some of the robberies in which the six gang members gunned down last week in a foiled robbery at a local bank branch had participated in .

The six were gunned down on Monday as they tried to rob Shs300 million from a client at a local bank branch along Acacia Avenue in Kololo.

Updating the country about the incident, Police spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke said the gang members had graduated from boxing and kicking their victims to using pangas to carry out robberies.

“The suspects constitute part of a larger gang known for targeting individuals carrying large sums of money which had graduated from non-armed assaults.  It has previously been targeting people without using tools but boxing and kicking victims into submission. They have been targeting victims from either banks or money serving outlets like mobile money centres,” Rusoke said.

Police named the deceased gang members as Hamis Muhamed, Sharif Lukwago, Michael Ssebakka, Fahad Katongole, Adam Tusabe and one Dad Easy whom  they said had a previous record of participation in robberies recorded at various police stations around Kampala.

The robberies

The police spokesperson said the gang had previously been involved in robberies where cash amounting to over shs557 million was robbed from victims using pangas.

He said on June, 15, 2024, the gang robbed Shs394 million and  $ 17,450 (about Shs64 million) from an accountant in Nakawa, Shs57.4 million from another victim near Case Hospital along Buganda Road after withdrawing it from Centenary Bank on December 9 and Shs30.7 million from another businessman in Industrial Area on January, 4, 2025.

The gang is also said to have robbed shs11 million outside Kawempe KCCA Women Hospital on December 10, 2024.

Following the shooting, a section of members of the public condemned Police for killing the suspected robbers without hearing from them.

Internal Affairs Minister Gen Kahinda Otafiire and Inspector General of Police, Abbas Byakagaba last week apologized over the shooting while appearing before parliament.

Speaking on Monday, Police spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke reiterated the apology, saying that in case of anything that didn’t go right during the operation, they are carrying out an investigation to give details.

“If there were any excesses, like all operations, anything can go wrong, there are clear intensions and deliberate efforts to look into this matter. If there is anything that went wrong, we shall look into it and come out with remedies. However, I want to tell the public that these groups are real and  people are being targeted.”

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