{"id":22493,"date":"2021-12-07T17:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=22493"},"modified":"2021-12-07T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:13:19","slug":"teargas-rocks-pallisa-as-27-arrested-over-attack-on-policemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/teargas-rocks-pallisa-as-27-arrested-over-attack-on-policemen","title":{"rendered":"Teargas rocks Pallisa as 27 arrested over attack on policemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Pallisa District Monday spent close to an hour in a running battle with an irate mob that allegedly attacked two policemen deployed at an event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeargas rocked the street of Atukei, Pallisa Central, Pallisa Town Council, when the mob attacked two police officers on duty,\u201d North Bukedi regional police spokesperson, ASP Immaculate Alaso confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Police preliminary information asserts \u201cthat on December 6 at around 3.00pm, both PPC Samuel Kiseka and PPC Ibra Alyomu attached to Field Force Unit [FFU] were attacked by a group of persons who wanted to trespass and disrupt a function at the home of Siraj Kagumya, where the two officers were deployed on security and safety grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the pair blocked and asked the suspects to identify themselves, they refused, and instead ganged to assault the two police officers on intend to steal guns, police alleged.<\/p>\n<p>After getting information on the alleged attack, more police officers led by the District Police Commander (DPC), ASP Umar Mugerwa responded to disperse the rowdy group with teargas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had defied police orders to vacate the area,\u201d an eyewitness who preferred anonymity said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>For police\u2019s ASP Alaso, \u201cthis incident was a stark reminder of the dangers police officers face in their efforts to protect the public and keep citizens safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to assure the public that we have directed sufficient resources to the investigations to help apprehend all suspects involved in the horrendous act. So far 27 suspects have been arrested and are undergoing a thorough screening process,\u201d ASP Alaso said as she \u201cstrongly condemned the senseless acts of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Police in Pallisa District Monday spent close to an hour in a running battle with an irate mob that allegedly attacked two policemen deployed at an event. \u201cTeargas rocked the street of Atukei, Pallisa Central, Pallisa Town Council, when the mob attacked two police officers on duty,\u201d North Bukedi regional police spokesperson, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-22493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teargas rocks Pallisa as 27 arrested over attack on policemen - 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