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Police fire teargas and live bullets at NUP supporters in Kotido; woman's leg shattered

Violence & Conflict Verified Kotido 13 Nov 2020 Severity: 3/5

The Observer reports that police dispersed supporters lining the roads for NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi in Kotido on Friday with teargas and live bullets, after trying to divert his convoy away from the town centre. A 54-year-old woman hit by a teargas canister was admitted to Kotido health centre IV with a shattered leg, and a police officer on Kyagulanyi's security detail was injured in an altercation between local police and his guards in Panyangara.

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2 injured

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