Jackson Musinguzi, a prison warder from Kyakasengura government prison told Uganda Radio Network in an interview that they heard Otimong screaming for help and rushed to see what was happening only to find him bleeding in his house.
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Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson commenting has confirmed the raid and attack of the officer by the assailants.
A prison warder is nursing critical injuries he sustained in an
attack on Kyakasengura prison in Kibaale district. Unknown thugs stabbed Private
Daniel Otimong number 18106 when they raided Kyakasengura Prison barracks
around 11 pm on Saturday night.
Jackson Musinguzi, a prison warder from
Kyakasengura government prison told Uganda Radio Network in an interview that
they heard Otimong screaming for help and rushed to see what was happening only
to find him bleeding in his house. “He had been attacked and stabbed in the
stomach by the assailants,” said Musinguzi.
According to Musinguzi, they immediately mobilized and
transported Otimong to Mubende hospital where he was hospitalized. Frank Baine,
the Uganda Prisons Service spokesperson told URN that he was yet to receive information
about the incident when contacted by our reporter.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police
spokesperson, says that police have since recovered a blood-stained knife and a
T-shirt believed to have been left behind by the attackers. He says that police are investigating the
circumstances under, which the assailants entered the prison facility.
