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East London police have arrested three suspects following a double murder on maize farms in Gulu outside the city.
Police spokesperson, captain Stephen Marais says the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning when the suspects, aged between 27 and 33, attacked three family members of a 76-year-old farm owner.
He says one person, a relative of the farm owner was killed while two other relatives were injured and admitted to hospital.
Marais also says that the body of a 54-year-old farm worker with a gunshot wound was found later on an adjoining property which is also overseen by the same farmer.
The suspects are due to appear in the East London Magistrates court on Monday
