Uganda’s transport minister, who used to lead the armed forces, was shot Tuesday in an attack which left his daughter and bodyguard dead.
Four attackers on motorcycles opened fire at a vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, in the Kampala suburb of Kiasasi on Tuesday, local television station NBS reported.
“There was an attempt on his (Wamala’s) life this morning … His daughter and bodyguard were shot and they died at the scene,” Baryomunsi told AFP Tuesday.
“General Katumba has been rushed to hospital with bullet wounds and he is receiving treatment, the crime scene has been taken over by the investigators,” he added.
“This could be a case of assassination by criminal elements but the investigations will establish the motive and those behind” the attack.
There have been several assassinations and mysterious deaths of high profile officials in the east African country in recent years, fuelling speculation about perpetrators and their motivations.
Victims have involved a lawmaker, a senior police officer, the country’s top public prosecutor, senior Muslim leaders and others.
The attempt on Katumba was orchestrated in the same suburb in the capital where in 2017 gunmen on motorcycles sprayed bullets on a vehicle carrying a senior police officer.
