{"id":7727,"date":"2024-12-05T17:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/ugandan-fan-shot-dead-celebrating-arsenal-beating-manchester-united\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:29:51","slug":"ugandan-fan-shot-dead-celebrating-arsenal-beating-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/ugandan-fan-shot-dead-celebrating-arsenal-beating-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan fan shot dead celebrating Arsenal beating Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A fan of English football club Arsenal, who was celebrating the team’s victory over Manchester United, has allegedly been shot dead by a security guard in Uganda.<\/p>\n

Another fan was injured as the guard opened fire on a large crowd of jubilant supporters at a restaurant in Lukaya town in central Uganda, about 100km (62 miles) from the capital Kampala.<\/p>\n

It happened towards the end of the match, which Arsenal won 2-0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A local journalist told the BBC that the building’s manager was angered by the noise that the jubilant supporters were making and asked the guard to intervene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, the fans did not heed a warning to quiet down.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told the journalist, Farish Magembe, that the owner switched off the power in the restaurant, angering the fans, who responded by making even more noise.<\/p>\n

It was then that the guard allegedly opened fire, firing several shots.<\/p>\n

The victim, identified as 30-year-old John Ssenyonga, died at the scene. Another long-term Arsenal fan, Lawrence Mugejera, was taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

Both the guard and the manager of the building are on the run after the incident, with the police looking for them.<\/p>\n

The regional police spokesman, Twaha Kasirye, was quoted by the Daily Monitor newspaper as saying that they had recovered a gun at the scene.<\/p>\n

“We condemn the incident and we ask anyone with information that can help the police to bring the suspect to book to speak up,” he said.<\/p>\n

He also urged fans to control their excitement.<\/p>\n

Tensions and tragic violence arising from the outcome of football matches, especially between English clubs, are not uncommon in the country where the English Premier League is followed closely.<\/p>\n

In October, an Arsenal fan stabbed a Manchester United fan after the two argued over the results over the results of a clash between Arsenal and Liverpool.<\/p>\n

In January last year, a youth councillor died from stab wounds in Kampala after intervening in a fight after Arsenal lost to Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Just a week before that, an Arsenal fan had been bludgeoned to death in Adjumani, in the West Nile district.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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