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Kisoro businessman and his wife shot dead at their home gate in southwest Uganda

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Kisoro businessman and his wife shot dead at their home gate in southwest Uganda. Locator map (Wikimedia Commons, NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, markers added) of southwestern Uganda with a red dot on Kisoro, in the far southwest corner beside the Rwanda and DR Congo borders, and grey dots for Mbarara and Kampala near Lake Victoria. Key facts: about 11 PM Saturday Oct 17 local time, 4 PM Eastern, police say; a businessman and his wife were killed; they were shot by unidentified gunmen at their gate while returning from their wholesale shop; no arrests as of Sunday and the motive is unknown, police say; police and UPDF soldiers were deployed to track the attackers, the deputy resident district commissioner says. Sources: Daily Monitor, Pulse Uganda, Kigezi Guardian. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ug-kisoro-couple. @exeindex.
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Oct 17, Kisoro, Uganda: a businessman and his wife were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at their home gate as they returned from their shop, police say. No arrests yet; the motive is unknown.

What
Kisoro businessman and his wife shot dead at their home gate in southwest Uganda
Where
Africa, Uganda
When
Oct 17, 2026
Who
Daily Monitor (Robert Muhereza), Pulse Uganda (Mzee Asingwire), Kigezi Guardian
Status
reported as stated

Sources

  1. Daily Monitor (Robert Muhereza), 2026-10-18 (Kigezi Region Police spokesperson Nelson Tumushime: about 11pm Oct 17, Zindiro Cell, Kamonyi Ward; names; 'yet-to-be-identified assailants believed to be armed with a firearm'; canine unit; no arrests by Sunday; deputy RDC Dan Ndikumwami: police and UPDF deployed)
  2. Pulse Uganda (Mzee Asingwire), 2026-10-18 08:47 UTC (police confirm; ~11 p.m.; no arrests by Sunday morning; motive unclear)
  3. Kigezi Guardian, 2026-10-18 09:46 UTC (Kigezi Regional Police press statement; double murder; detectives and canine unit)

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