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Ugandan opposition MP says security forces stormed home killing 10 people

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Muwanga Kivumbi says campaign staff shot dead after elections expected to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s rule

A senior member of the Ugandan opposition has said security forces stormed his house early on Friday morning and shot dead 10 members of his campaign team after a general election that was expected to result in President Yoweri Museveni extending his nearly four-decade grip on power.

Muwanga Kivumbi, of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, said the incident happened around 3am local time when security forces “broke the front door and began shooting” inside a garage where the people were waiting for the results from the election for his parliamentary seat to be announced. “It was a massacre,” he said.

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