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Police fire teargas and live bullets at NUP protesters in Hoima city

Protest & Civil Unrest Single source Hoima 18 Nov 2020 Severity: 3/5

According to The Observer, NUP supporters in Hoima blocked the Hoima-Fort Portal road with logs, stones and burning tyres from about 3:30 pm to protest Kyagulanyi's arrest, halting traffic and business. Police fired teargas and live bullets to disperse them; the Albertine region police spokesperson said police were forced to do so to stop the protesters causing disorder in the city centre.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

Part of Protests after the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi, 18–19 November 2020. Its victims are counted once, in that overall toll.

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