Kotido, Uganda – East Africa.

Karimojong gunmen yesterday killed an Irish Catholic priest, the Rev. Fr. Michael O’toole Declan, his driver, Patrick Longoli and his cook, Fidele Longole, reports Mike Kidon-Onyang.

Karimojong gunmen yesterday killed an Irish Catholic priest, the Rev. Fr. Michael O’toole Declan (above), his driver, Patrick Longoli and his cook, Fidele Longole, reports Mike Kidon-Onyang. Declan was attached to the Panyangara Catholic Parish, Kotido. He was ambushed at Kalosaric, three kilometres from a UPDF barracks on Moroto-Kotido road. Declan had travelled to Moroto to renew his driver’s permit and left for Kotido late in the evening. The gunmen stopped the vehicle and killed all of them on the spot. Karamoja Regional Police Commander Joseph Opio said, after The priest and his workers were killed yesterday. I have just got a radio message from Kotido Police confirming the incident.

Opio also said another vehicle, UAA 40 2Y belonging to the Church of Uganda, Karamoja, which was travelling from Kotido, was also ambushed at the same spot. The driver, William Okot, refused to stop and the thugs riddled his vehicle with bullets. Okot, now admitted to Matany Hospital, was shot through the back and sustained multiple injuries. Moroto LC5 chief Terence Achia was horrified by the news. “How can I work with all these continuous atrocities. Government machinery is failing me because we are supposed to make immediate follow-up of these criminals.” Achia rushed to UPDF barracks for help. Moroto was paralysed by the killing of the priest.

SOURCE: [ www.newvision.co.ug, Story by Vision Reporter, Original Publication ]