A Ugandan lover of English Premier League club, Arsenal, identified as John Ssenyonga,
was reportedly shot dead by a trigger happy security man while celebrating the team’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United.
According to report, another fan was injured as the guard who was said to be drunk, opened fire on a large crowd of jubilant supporters at a restaurant in Lukaya town in central Uganda, about 100km from the capital Kampala.
A local journalist, Farish Magembe, told the BBC that the building’s manager was angered by the noise that the jubilant supporters were making and asked the guard to intervene but the fans did not heed a warning to quiet down.
Magembe explained that to curtail the noise, the restaurant owner switched off the power, an action which angered the fans and they responded by making even more noise and that was when the guard allegedly opened fire, firing several shots.
Magembe said the late Ssenyonga was a 30-year-old long staunch Arsenal fan, while another fan, Lawrence Mugejera, was injured and taken to hospital for treatment, while both the guard and the manager of the restaurant are at large.
