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1 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
🇺🇬Uganda's Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala has been shot and injured by unknown gunmen near his home in the capital Kampala.
Eyewitnesses say the gunmen were riding on a motorcycle.
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The daughter of Uganda's Transport Minister Gen Katumba Wamala and his driver have died from injuries sustained after the shooting. Image
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has reacted to the killings.

Mr. Museveni called the attackers ‘pigs’ and said that they will be defeated.

Police in Uganda have released street camera footage of two men believed to be behind Tuesday's assassination attempt on General Katumba Wamala, the country’s transport minister.

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