One dead, several injured as Ugandans protest popular MP’s detention
|Kampala, Uganda (CNN)One person has died and several others have been injured following protests in Uganda over the arrest and detention of a popular MP, a police spokesman says.
According to local media reports, police fired teargas and shots in the air to break up crowds protesting over the arrest of MP Robert Kyagulanyi, who is also a musician, who goes by the stage name of Bobi Wine.
Kyagulanyi has suffered multiple injuries and fractures since his arrest last week, his lawyer Erias Lukwago told CNN.