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UPDF soldier kills Minister Charles Okello Engola, commits suicide

Uganda Peoples Defence soldier has this morning killed Minister of  State for  Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations Rt Col Charles Engola Okello in Kyanja a Kampala suburb today. #WhisperEyeNews

According to an eyewitness, a UPDF soldier who looked unwell shot dead his boss Rt Col Charles Engola Okello before firing in the Air.

He also committed suicide immediately at a nearby house after killing the honorable Minister also a former military man.

By press time hundreds of military men had condoned the area as a crime scene.

Video at the crime scene! courtesy one

More details to follow

Kaweesa Hope Mulangira

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