Yesterday 30/3/2024, a shootout between NPS Officers from Loima and suspected bandits at Kangalita in Kalemnyang left 3 of the suspects fatally wounded as follows;
Simon Egielan Lopongorei, 37, a notorious bandit and gang leader who has 3 pending court cases of robbery with violence, gang-rape and threatening to kill; and has been under investigation for a series of unresolved violent crimes, including highway robberies stock-theft and possession of illicit firearms for hire within Loima Sub-County.
Lokucha Ngeruk a.k.a sharpshooter, 39, a close associate and aide to Egielan and has been on the run after the killing of a police officer at Kangalita 3yrs ago, and ambush on Lorugum OCS on the 28/12/2023 occassioning him actual bodily harm.Third is Tiya Logumo aged, 21 who is an accomplice to the two.
Recovered from the scene was an AK 47 Rifle with a magazine containing 3 rounds of ammunitions together with spent cartridges. Bodies removed to Lodwar County Referral Hospital pending post mortem examination as DCI Loima continues with investigations.
