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from the inside by several guests. After he was finally let in, he got into an argument with
Geofrey Ruhara for this provocation, whereupon all the guests were taken out of the canteen. Outside, Ruhara apologized to Ogwang, who, still angered about the incident, then went home. Upon returning to the barracks he fetched his gun, which was described as an SMG rifle, and made his way back to the Trading Centre.
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learned about the shooting the next morning, when an angry crowd appeared at the barracks, accusing him of killing people at the disco, though the judge dismissed all of these claims and found him guilty of 13 counts of murder. Ogwang was sentenced to death by hanging, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2010.
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Just after midnight Ogwang began shooting in the canteen, where he first shot dead
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