{"id":31263,"date":"2022-05-20T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gunmen-ambush-kampala-bound-link-bus-passengers-robbed"},"modified":"2022-05-20T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T18:52:43","slug":"gunmen-ambush-kampala-bound-link-bus-passengers-robbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gunmen-ambush-kampala-bound-link-bus-passengers-robbed","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen ambush Kampala-bound Link bus, passengers robbed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Mityana have started investigating a case of aggravated robbery that occurred in the wee hours of Friday morning after gunmen allegedly attacked a bus owned by Link Bus Services along the Kampala-Mubende highway in Mityana District.<\/p>\n<p>The Wamala Region Police Spokesperson, Ms Rachel Kawala, said the attack happened at 2am at Bamujugu swamp at the border of Mityana and Kassanda Districts.<\/p>\n<p>Police preliminary findings indicate that the bus registration number UBG 423G with 65 passengers on board, left Bundibugyo last evening at 7pm and headed to Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>Kawala said upon reaching the swamp, the bus was intercepted at an illegal road block staged by about 10 robbers allegedly armed with guns and hammers.<\/p>\n<p>She said the passengers were then ordered off the bus and robbed of all their property, including phones and unspecified amount of money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the illegal roadblock, the passengers were reportedly ordered out of the bus, asked to lie on the ground before their property- phones, money, among others, were taken from them. Those who were hesitant to hand over their property to the suspected robbers were allegedly beaten,&#8221; Ms Kawala said.<\/p>\n<p>Kawala meanwhile says investigations are ongoing to apprehend the robbers, recover the guns used and passenger\u2019s lost property.<\/p>\n<p>The attack comes barely two days after another Link company bus caught fire at Wakaliga traffic lights in Natete, Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>Operations of the bus company were recently suspended after one of its buses was involved in an accident in Fort Portal that has since claimed the lives of 23 people.<\/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 Mityana have started investigating a case of aggravated robbery that occurred in the wee hours of Friday morning after gunmen allegedly attacked a bus owned by Link Bus Services along the Kampala-Mubende highway in Mityana District. 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