Mass funeral ceremony held for Uganda unrest victims

Author: app/afp

KAMPALA: The bodies of 51 unidentified victims of fierce fighting in a local kingdom in Uganda’s restive Kasese region, were buried in a mass funeral ceremony on Sunday, officials said.

According to Kasese district official, Geoffrey Sibendire Bigogo Almost 90 people were killed in the fighting between security forces and guards of a tribal monarch.

“No relatives turned up to claim the bodies. It was extremely painful but we had no way out,” he told AFP.

The government accused Rwenzururu’s King Charles Wesley Mumbere for stirring up a rebellion and stormed his palace on November 27, a day after his palace guards attacked local officers, according to police.

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