{"id":15858,"date":"2025-11-01T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=15858"},"modified":"2025-11-01T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:10:10","slug":"five-killed-15-arrested-as-security-forces-foil-attacks-on-police-stations-in-kasese-and-bundibugyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/five-killed-15-arrested-as-security-forces-foil-attacks-on-police-stations-in-kasese-and-bundibugyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Five killed, 15 arrested as security forces foil attacks on police stations in Kasese and Bundibugyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At dawn today security forces foiled simultenous attacks on police stations in Kasese and Bundibugyo killing five panga wielding attackers and arested 15 others. one policeman was injured in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said   coordinated attacks were carried out by assailants across multiple areas within our police regions of Rwenzori West and Rwenzori East. In Rwenzori West, the attacks targeted the districts of Bunyangabu, Bundibugyo in Kakhuuka parish- Sindira subcounty, Fort Portal City around Nyakasura School and Canon Apollo Core PTC and Kabarole district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"15860\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/five-killed-15-arrested-as-security-forces-foil-attacks-on-police-stations-in-kasese-and-bundibugyo\/adf-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"780,1040\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"adf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf.jpg 225w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Rwenzori East, there was an attack in Kasese district on Kasese Police Barracks and Rugendabara Police Station by the same group of attackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Several assailants were put out of action and many were arrested. While some police officers sustained injuries during the encounter, there were no fatalities were reported,&#8221; a statement by police said in part .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"15861\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/five-killed-15-arrested-as-security-forces-foil-attacks-on-police-stations-in-kasese-and-bundibugyo\/adf5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"adf5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf5.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf5.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Kasese Municipality, the  assailants armed primarily with pangas (machetes) and catapults attempted to overrun the central police barracks and nearby facilities, including an effort to burn a police officer&#8217;s house in Kabugho; security forces responded with gunfire, killing at least five attackers on the spot\u2014one of whose bodies was later cordoned off at Grace Cathedral compound\u2014and arresting several others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At dawn today security forces foiled simultenous attacks on police stations in Kasese and Bundibugyo killing five panga wielding attackers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adf2.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12725,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/3rd-tusker-lite-mt-rwenzori-marathon-ucaa-staff-participate-as-bukwo-duo-chelangat-chebet-win-in-kasese\/","url_meta":{"origin":15858,"position":0},"title":"3rd Tusker Lite Mt Rwenzori Marathon: UCAA Staff Participate As Bukwo duo Chelangat, Chebet win in Kasese","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A team from Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has taken part in the 3rd edition of the Tusker Lite Mt. 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