Truck driver shot dead and two people injured at UWA checkpoint in disputed Apaa area, Amuru

According to the Apaa village LC I chairperson, a truck driver was shot dead by Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers as he fled his truck near a police and UWA checkpoint, after a scuffle with UWA and UPDF personnel who had ordered him to offload charcoal; two women injured in the scuffle were admitted to hospital. Residents said the armed personnel had tried to impound charcoal from vehicles at the trading centre, and Amuru district leaders called for the officers' arrest.