Ugandan Opposition Leader Bobi Wine Injured in Police Confrontation
Bobi Wine, a prominent critic of President Museveni, sustained leg injuries from a tear-gas canister during an altercation with police near Kampala.
- Wine was hospitalized and underwent surgery to remove tear-gas canister fragments from his leg.
- The incident occurred while Wine was on his way to visit his lawyers in Bulindo.
- Police and Wine's party, the National Unity Platform, have conflicting accounts of the event.
- Four NUP members were arrested during the altercation.
- Wine has a history of clashes with Ugandan security forces and has been a vocal opponent of Museveni's long rule.