{"id":261600,"date":"2024-12-06T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/ugandan-fan-shot-dead-celebrating-arsenal-beating-manchester-united\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:53:09","slug":"ugandan-fan-shot-dead-celebrating-arsenal-beating-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/ugandan-fan-shot-dead-celebrating-arsenal-beating-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan fan shot dead celebrating Arsenal beating Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/513\/51354637.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lawrence Mugejera was being treated in hospital after being shot\" title=\"Lawrence Mugejera was being treated in hospital after being shot\" width=\"295\" height=\"153\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Lawrence Mugejera was being treated in hospital after being shot<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">A fan of English football club Arsenal, who was celebrating the team&#8217;s victory over Manchester United, has allegedly been shot dead by a security guard in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>It happened towards the end of the match, which Arsenal won 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>A local journalist told the BBC that the building&#8217;s manager was angered by the noise that the jubilant supporters were making and asked the guard to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>However, the fans did not heed a warning to quiet down.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>It was then that the guard allegedly opened fire, firing several shots.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Both the guard and the manager of the building are on the run after the incident, with the police looking for them.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>&#8220;We condemn the incident and we ask anyone with information that can help the police to bring the suspect to book to speak up,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged fans to control their excitement.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Just a week before that, an Arsenal fan had been bludgeoned to death in Adjumani, in the West Nile district.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence Mugejera was being treated in hospital after being shot A fan of English football club Arsenal, who was celebrating the team&#8217;s victory over Manchester United, has allegedly been shot dead by a security guard in Uganda. 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