Free shooting in Uganda,Children And Women 'killed'.

Three children and four women were shot dead by a soldier at the military police barracks outside Uganda's capital, Kampala. 

Military police spokesman Major Edward Birungi said the soldier had also been shot dead.

He was on duty, and was said to have got drunk and intoxicated on marijuana.

He is said to have had problems with his wife, and went on a shooting spree as he searched for her. However, she managed to escape.

Of the  women who died, one was a soldier and the other three were the wives of soldiers.

Patience Atuhaire

BBC Africa, Kampala