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Massacre aftermath: Ugandan army rescues three students

Massacre aftermath: Ugandan army rescues three students

THE Ugandan military has rescued three of the six students who were kidnapped by Islamist fighters when they stormed a school in the west of the country last week and massacred 42 people, mostly young students, the army said. "There were six students kidnapped and three have so far been rescued," said military spokesman Felix Kulayigye. A woman with two children who had been kidnapped outside the school was also rescued, together with her children, while two militants were killed and two guns captured, Kulayigye said. On Friday night a group of fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a…
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Uganda security personnel beat journalists covering petition on rights abuses

Uganda security personnel beat journalists covering petition on rights abuses

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDAN military and police officers beat and seriously injured journalists on Wednesday as they covered the delivery of a petition about human rights violations to a United Nations office, a rights group said. The security personnel assaulted the journalists as they covered opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, who was petitioning the local U.N. human rights office to investigate reported incidents of rights violations. Police will release a statement on the incident later, a police spokesman said. At least 20 journalists were hurt in the attack, with at least four sustaining deep cuts on the head that…
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