- A soldier in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Thursday killed seven people and injured one, a military spokesman said.
Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda, the army spokesman told Xinhua by telephone that Sgt. Isaac Obua of military police Makindye carried out the gruesome act.
Ankunda said all the victims were women and children.
He said Obua who is alleged to have gone berserk was later killed by the military.
The motive of Obua's action is not yet known.
There have been several incidents where soldiers have killed civilians.
The last incident occurred in April this year where a soldier killed seven people in western Uganda after a quarrel.
source : xinhua
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