Uganda: Death By Shooting On the Rise - Report

The number of cases of murder by shooting in Uganda rose by 14 per cent last year, the annual police report has shown.

The 2013 Crime, Traffic and Road Safety report, which was released in Kampala on Monday, shows that the police investigated 131 cases of gun-shot murder, compared to 115 the year before. Some 192 people were shot dead last year, the report said. Of these, 163 were men, 20 were women, six were boys and three were girls.

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