"The gang was repulsed by a joint Police and UPDF (Ugandan military) force," Kayihura said.
A
soldier holds his weapon as he watches a procession by Uganda's leading
opposition party Forum for Democratic Change supporters being dispersed
in Kampala, Uganda, February 15, 2016.
At least one soldier was killed
and seven other people were wounded when gunmen attacked the regional
police headquarters in northern Uganda to try to free an inmate, police said on Monday.
Ugandan police chief Kale Kayihura identified the man as Oola Dan Odiya, who is being held on charges of murder and terrorism related to an attack at a local police post on May 27.
Scores of people have been arrested in the four months since veteran leader President Yoweri Museveni
was declared winner of a presidential election on Feb. 18, the
opposition says, and protesters have frequently clashed with police.
Kayihura
said the attack in Gulu, the biggest town in northern Uganda, happened
at about 8 p.m. (1700 GMT) on Sunday, when gunmen drove up in a pick-up
firing their guns and tried to storm the station "to free and cause escape of one suspect".
"The gang was repulsed by a joint Police and UPDF (Ugandan military) force," Kayihura said.
Six
security personnel and one civilian were injured in the attack, police
said. Eight guns and ammunition were recovered after the attackers
dropped their weapons as they fled.
As well as the
arrests of its supporters, the opposition says some of its leaders have
also been arrested and then released after questioning.
Kizza
Besigye, the main opposition leader, was arrested in May and shortly
after charged with treason, a charge the opposition says is trumped up.
An
opposition legislator was recently arrested and security officials were
quoted in local media as saying he was being investigated on suspicions
of plotting a coup.
Military spokesman Paddy
Ankunda told Reuters about 30 soldiers, including a colonel, had also
been arrested in the last few days and were under investigation for
various offences.
He did not give any details of those offences but local media has reported they were being questioned over a coup plot.
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