{"id":35583,"date":"2024-09-03T15:31:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ugandas-bobi-wine-injured-by-policeman\/03\/09\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T15:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:31:59","slug":"ugandas-bobi-wine-injured-by-policeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ugandas-bobi-wine-injured-by-policeman\/03\/09\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda’s Bobi Wine injured by policeman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been injured in the leg in a confrontation with a policeman in uniform, his personal assistant has told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Najja Ssenyonjo said the pop star-turned-politician was believed to have been shot and was currently receiving treatment at Nsambya Hospital in the capital, Kampala.<\/p>\n

He said the incident had occurred while Bobi Wine was on his way to visit his lawyers in Bulindo, which is about 20km (12 miles) north of the city.<\/p>\n

A statement from the police said officers on site reported that the opposition leader had stumbled while getting into his vehicle.<\/p>\n

An investigation would be conducted to clarify the facts, the statement added.<\/p>\n

The X account of Bobi Wine, leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, first broke the news, saying: \u201c@HEBobiwine has been shot in the leg by police in Bulindo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Footage has been shared on social media<\/a> by journalist Solomon Serwanjja, who was at the scene, showing the 42-year-old opposition leader being helped from a building with a bleeding injury from his left shin.<\/p>\n

“We only heard bullet sounds in the scuffle so it\u2019s doctors to confirm but as of now it\u2019s believed to be a bullet,\u201d Mr Ssenyonjo told the BBC.<\/p>\n

The police say Bobi Wine had attended an event at Bulindo and afterwards “he and his team moved out of their cars and embarked on a procession up to Bulindo town.<\/p>\n

“However, the police advised against it. Despite their guidance, he insisted on proceeding… closing the road, leading to police intervention to prevent the procession.<\/p>\n

“During the ensuing altercation, it is alleged that he sustained injuries,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Bobi Wine was first elected to parliament in 2017, and ran against President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 election, which was marred by state repression.<\/p>\n

He is popular among young people and has been arrested – and beaten up – numerous times.<\/p>\n

The country’s security forces have a long history of pursuing political opponents of President Museveni, who has been in power for almost 40 years.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by the BBC’s Swaibu Ibrahim in Kampala.<\/em><\/p>\n

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