Soldiers accused of assaulting smoked fish traders and seizing goods and money during Soroti enforcement

Smoked fish traders in Soroti City said soldiers taking part in an enforcement operation assaulted traders and confiscated their fish and money; one trader told the Daily Monitor a soldier struck her on the back with a gun. A police operations officer at Soroti Central Police Station called the incident unfortunate, apologised and asked traders to report the suspected perpetrators for investigation.