Assassination attempt on Ugandan minister kills daughter and driver

Gunmen open fire on car carrying Gen Katumba Wamala in suburb of the capital, Kampala

Gunmen have opened fire on a car carrying a Ugandan government minister in an attempted assassination, wounding the former army commander and killing his daughter and driver, the military and local media have said.

Four attackers on motorcycles shot at a four-wheel drive vehicle carrying Gen Katumba Wamala, the minister for works and transport, on Tuesday in the Kampala suburb of Kisaasi, the local television station NBS reported.