Police kill 2 at Uganda rally against president's long rule
Police shot dead two people Wednesday while seeking to foil a political rally in a remote part of Uganda, an opposition official said, amid rising tensions over attempts to extend the longtime president's rule.
A campaign event in the southwestern town of Rukungiri turned violent when police blocked hundreds of opposition supporters from entering a stadium, said Ingrid Turinawe, the mobilization secretary of the Forum for Democratic Change party.
"As soon as we arrived they started shooting," she said.
Police used tear gas and live ammunition to disperse the crowd, but people lingered and eventually forced the police to flee, she said.
