Uganda's Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed by police who deny charge; three reporters hurt


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  • Sunday, 27 Dec 2020

Bobi Wine attends the First Annual "Time 100 Next" gala in New York City, U.S., November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

KAMPALA (Reuters) -Ugandan presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine said one of his bodyguards was killed on Sunday when military police ran him over while Wine's convoy was taking a journalist wounded by police to seek medical help.

The military police said the bodyguard had fallen from a speeding car.

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