Officers from the counter terror police department have shot and killed a terror suspect who attempted to escape from custody while being escorted to SID Kireka.
The suspect has been identified as Matovu Adam alias Manihajji, a 36-year-old resident of Ttula zone, Kawempe 1 ward, in Kawempe Division.
According to CP Fred Enanga the police spokesperson, Matovu jumped off a patrol vehicle and officers responded and fired warning shots commanding the suspect to stop, but in vain prompting them to shoot and maim.
“Unfortunately the suspect succumbed to the bullet wounds at the scene around Naguru remand home” Enanga noted.
He added that the officers were returning from a successful cordon and search operation in Kawempe Division, where they recovered an AK47 gun, (without a serial number) but with 14 rounds, a bag containing a suicide belt with suspected explosives, and an assortment bomb making materials.
The suspected explosive was neutralized at the site, on safety grounds.
Enanga said that the public should know that encounters with terrorism suspects is usually violent and full of uncertainty, explaining that the officers kept telling him to stop, but he did not adhere to their command.
Police is reviewing the shooting incident, but urged all suspects to always follow due processes to avoid such tragic incidents.
