Oppositionsledaren Bobi Wine skjuten av polis
Den ugandiske oppositionspolitikern Bobi Wine har skjutits i benet under en konfrontation med polisen i Kampala, rapporterar AP.
Enligt Reuters är skadorna allvarliga.
I ett uttalande på X hävdar Bobi Wines parti att Ugandas säkerhetstjänst försökt mörda honom. Varken regeringen eller polisen har kommenterat händelsen.
Bobi Wine är ledare för landets största oppositionsparti och ställde upp i presidentvalet 2021. Han förlorade mot sittande president Yoweri Museveni.
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Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (born 12 February 1982), popularly known by his stage name Bobi Wine, is an Ugandan activist, politician, singer, lawyer and actor. He is a former Member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East constituency in Wakiso District, in Uganda's Central Region. He also leads the National Unity Platform political party. In June 2019, he announced his candidacy for the 2021 Ugandan presidential election. He participated in the 2021 election, in which, according to official results, he lost to incumbent Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, although he claims this result was fraudulent.
On 14 December 2021, he was placed under house arrest by the Government of Uganda. He has continued to protest his arrest. He was eventually allowed to go abroad where he publicized through a documentary the corruption involved in the 2021 election. Upon his return to Uganda on 5 October 2023, he was arrested once again.
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