Aviation police officer dies in suspected suicide
What you need to know:
- Police have been experiencing several incidents of suspected suicide especially among junior officers.
- A research by Makerere University experts indicate that their level of stress is high and they need to be treated.
A police constable attached to the Aviation Police has been found dead in what detectives suspect to be a suicide incident at the police barracks in Entebbe.
The deceased, PC Bosco Mwaka Nyeko, is said to have left a suicide note for his mother. The Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman Luke Oweyisigyire said the deceased's body was found on Monday morning with a bullet wound on the head.
"There was a bullet wound through the chin to the skull. The deceased's body has been taken to the City Mortuary in Kampala City for a post mortem," Assistant Superintendent of Police Owoyesigyire said.
Police have forwarded the suicide note to the Forensic Directorate to investigate its authenticity.
Police have been experiencing several incidents of suspected suicide especially among junior officers. A research by Makerere University experts indicate that their level of stress is high and they need to be treated.
