{"id":3960,"date":"2025-02-27T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:29:07","slug":"tragedy-in-rukungiri-prison-warder-killed-by-security-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/tragedy-in-rukungiri-prison-warder-killed-by-security-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in Rukungiri, Prison Warder Killed by Security Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rukungiri, Uganda &#8211; A security guard attached to S.W.A.T.T Security Limited has fatally shot a prison warder in unclear circumstances in Rukungiri District. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deceased, identified as No. 16448 L\/CPL Ojok Boniface 33, an officer attached to Uganda Prisons Rukungiri who was allegedly shot by Byaruhanga Peter 22, a security guard and resident of Kakabada A cell, Rukungiri municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources indicate that Ojok had gone to Babuuze bar and lodge with colleague Officer Otim James to watch a football match and after the game, Ojok stepped outside for a short call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly thereafter, Otim heard a gunshot and rushed to the scene, finding his colleague lying dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, Peter, claimed that Ojok attempted to steal a generator, while other accounts suggest the two were involved in an argument that led to the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kigezi Police Spokesperson ASP Elly Maate confirmed the incident, stating that police recovered the gun used, which had 3 rounds of ammunition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maate added that police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We can confirm that the incident occurred, and our team has recovered the gun used, which had 3 rounds of ammunition. Our team is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident to determine the events that led to the tragic shooting.'&#8221; Said Elly Maate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Cue in &#8230; Maate on the incident. RR\/ENG<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maate-on-the-incident.-ENG-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maate-on-the-incident.-RR-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect has been arrested, and the deceased&#8217;s body has been taken to Rwakabengo Health Center III mortuary for postmortem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rukungiri, Uganda &#8211; A security guard attached to S.W.A.T.T Security Limited has fatally shot a prison warder in unclear circumstances in Rukungiri District. The deceased, identified as No. 16448 L\/CPL Ojok Boniface 33, an officer attached to Uganda Prisons Rukungiri who was allegedly shot by Byaruhanga Peter 22, a security guard and resident of Kakabada [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-3960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}