Uganda, April 27 -- A student at Soroti Pharmaceutical College was Friday night shot dead by unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle.

The acting East Kyoga regional Police spokesperson, ASP Edison Obukulem, said Patrick Olinga, 23, a second year student at the institution was shot in the chest and died on spot. "On Friday night a case of murder by shooting was registered at Soroti East Division police. It's alleged that the deceased left his home at about 10pm, as he was going to join his fellow students at Cloud-9 Club for Campus night," ASP Obukulem said in a statement on Saturday.He added that along the way, the deceased met his friend one Benard Edonu and stopped to greet him."As they were still standing, they saw two men standing be...