The breakout of violence came one day after a brutal takedown of the country's top opposition politician, Kizza Besigye. Police smashed through the window of Besigye's vehicle with the butt of a gun and doused him with tear gas at close range before bundling him into the back of a pickup truck and speeding off.
Ilielezwa kuwa muda mfupi baada ya kuingia kwenye nyumba ya mwalimu huyo, mwanafunzi huyo alianza kupiga kelele kuwa anabakwa. Alisema kufuatia kelele hizo, wanachuo wengine waliamka katika vyumba vyao na kwenda hadi eneo la tukio na kuanza kumshambulia kichwani mkufunzi huyo hadi kumuua.