Ugandan opposition chief Bobi Wine has been injured within the leg in a confrontation with a policeman in uniform, his private assistant has advised the BBC.
Najja Ssenyonjo stated the pop star-turned politician was believed to have been shot and was at present receiving remedy at Nsambya Hospital within the capital, Kampala.
He stated the incident had occurred whereas Bobi Wine was on his approach to go to his legal professionals in Bulindo, which is about 20km (12 miles) north of the town.
An announcement from the police stated officers on web site reported that the opposition chief had stumbled whereas stepping into his car.
An investigation could be carried out to make clear the details, the assertion added.
The X account of Bobi Wine, chief of the Nationwide Unity Platform (NUP), whose actual identify is Robert Kyagulanyi, first broke the information, saying: “@HEBobiwine has been shot within the leg by police in Bulindo.”
Footage has been shared on social media by journalist Solomon Serwanjja, who was on the scene, exhibiting the 42-year-old opposition chief being helped from a constructing with a bleeding harm from his left shin.
“We solely heard bullet sounds within the scuffle so it’s docs to verify however as of now it’s believed to be a bullet,” Mr Ssenyonjo advised the BBC.
The police say Bobi Wine had attended an occasion at Bulindo and afterwards “he and his group moved out of their automobiles and launched into a procession as much as Bulindo city.
“Nonetheless, the police suggested towards it. Regardless of their steering, he insisted on continuing… closing the highway, resulting in police intervention to forestall the procession.
“Throughout the ensuing altercation, it’s alleged that he sustained accidents,” the assertion stated.
Bobi Wine was first elected to parliament in 2017, and ran towards President Yoweri Museveni within the 2021 election, which was marred by state repression.
He’s standard amongst younger individuals and has been arrested – and overwhelmed up – quite a few occasions.
The nation’s safety forces have a protracted historical past of pursuing political opponents of President Museveni, who has been in energy for nearly 40 years.
Extra reporting by the BBC’s Swaibu Ibrahim in Kampala.