Ugandan police say protester shot ‘in self-defence’ – Punch Newspapers

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One person has died after being shot by a policeman during a protest over the ongoing detention of pop star-turned-MP Robert Kyagulanyi, a police official said Friday.

Regional police chief Francis Chemusto said officers were responding on Thursday night to a protest in the home town of the MP, who is better known as Bobi Wine, in Bukalamuli, some 120km (74 miles) west of Kampala.

“Protesters were burning tyres in the middle of the road. When our officers reached the scene they ordered the protesters to stop but one man rushed into his house and picked up an axe and a panga (machete) and charged towards our officer, who shot in self-defence and injured him,” said Chemusto.

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“The man was rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds but has unfortunately died,” Chemusto said, adding the officer involved had…



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