Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, a leading critic of authoritarian President Yoweri Museveni, was shot in the leg by police on Tuesday, according to his party .
The incident occurred while the NUP leader was on his way to visit his lawyers in Bulindo, which is about 20km north of the capital, Kampala.
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A statement from the police said officers on site reported that the opposition leader whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi had stumbled while getting into his vehicle.
In a swift reaction on his official X handle, an admin refuted the statement of the police and thanked citizens who captured the video of the attack and share it.
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Footage was shared on social media by journalist Solomon Serwanjja, who was at the scene, showing the 42-year-old opposition leader being helped from a building with a bleeding injury from his left shin.
Later NUP spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi said X-ray reports showed “there were some fragments from a…