{"id":30673,"date":"2016-11-29T02:14:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T02:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/amnesty-slams-shocking-uganda-clashes-as-toll\/"},"modified":"2016-11-29T02:14:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T02:14:46","slug":"amnesty-slams-shocking-uganda-clashes-as-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/amnesty-slams-shocking-uganda-clashes-as-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty slams ‘shocking’ Uganda clashes as toll hits 62"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Amnesty International on Monday denounced as “shocking” weekend clashes between security forces and royal guards in Uganda which left 62 dead, saying many victims appeared to have been executed.}<\/p>\n

The bloodshed, which took place in a traditional kingdom in the west, broke out when a joint patrol of police and troops was attacked by the royal guards in the town of Kasese.<\/p>\n

The clashes continued into Sunday until police stormed the palace, arresting King Charles Wesley Mumbere of the Rwenzururu kingdom.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media on Monday, police spokesman Andrew Felix Kaweesi said the intial death toll of 55 had risen to 62, including 16 police officers and 46 royal guards.<\/p>\n

The royal guards are believed to be part of a militia agitating for the creation of an independent republic straddling Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

Police said the king had been taken into custody in Kampala, with another spokesman telling NTV television that 139 royal guards had been arrested,<\/p>\n

The violence drew a sharp reaction from the London-based rights watchdog, which said emerging evidence suggested some of the victims had been shot after their arrest.<\/p>\n

“The full picture of the weekend\u2019s events is yet to emerge, but there appears to be shocking examples of unlawful killings and a complete disregard for human rights during the arrests,” said Abdullahi Halakhe, Amnesty International\u2019s East Africa Researcher.<\/p>\n

“In a shocking display of heavy-handedness, many people appear to have been summarily shot dead and their bodies dumped.”<\/p>\n

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