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Ugandan lawmaker Ibrahim Abiriga, bodyguard shot dead

Ibrahim Abiriga, MP for Arua Municipality, was shot dead on June 8, 2018. FILE PHOTO | MONITOR | NMG

By  The EastAfrican

A Ugandan lawmaker was on Friday evening shot dead near his home in Matugga, Wakiso District, some 16km northwest of the capital Kampala.

The Arua Municipality Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Abiriga, was in his car with his bodyguard when the two were gunned down.

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