Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine released from hospital
Al Jazeera
Bobi Wine was taken to hospital on Tuesday after he was hit in the leg with a tear-gas canister.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been discharged from the hospital after being hit by a tear-gas canister in the leg during a confrontation with police.
The mayor of Kampala, Uganda’s capital, told the French news agency AFP on Wednesday that Wine underwent surgery to remove fragments of the canister.
“He has stabilised and is on the way out of hospital now,” Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said.
Earlier, Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) said on Tuesday that the 42-year-old, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, had been shot in the leg by police, calling it “another attempt on the life” of Wine.
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