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Police detain main opposition candidate in capital Kampala

Ugandan police detain main opposition candidate in capital Kampala
Ugandan police detain main opposition candidate in capital Kampala
Earlier in the afternoon police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse Besigye supporters outside the headquarters of his Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party.
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Ugandan police on Friday detained the main opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye in the capital Kampala after a largely peaceful election held a day earlier.

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A Reuters witness saw Besigye and several of his supporters loaded onto the back of a police van.

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