UPDF soldier shoots student dead and injures teacher at Teso Progressive Academy, Ngora

According to a police statement reported by the Daily Monitor, a UPDF soldier deployed as a UNEB examinations escort took an AK-47 from a police constable during an attempted arrest at Teso Progressive Academy and shot a Senior Three student dead; the same bullet reportedly wounded a teacher. Police said the soldier and the police constable were both on the run and that the case is being investigated as murder.