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Enanga said the supporters were “a violent group” but did not elaborate on what they were doing.
“Tear gas was used to quell the violence. Unfortunately, journalists were trapped during the process of dispersing the violent group,” he said.
He said that one of the journalists, from the television station Ghetto TV, suffered a serious injury to his left eye “allegedly from a canister (of tear gas).”
Ashraf Kasirye was hospitalized at the Masaka Reference Hospital and later transferred to Kampala, he said.
“He’s in critical condition,” Wine later tweeted about Kasirye’s injury. “We hope against hope that he lives.”
The three journalists who were injured were wearing bulletproof vests and helmets marked “PRESS”, local reporter Culton Scovia Nakamya of BBS TV told Reuters.
Masaka is one of 11 areas where campaigns have been suspended due to coronavirus risks, although critics of the government say the real reason is the popularity of the opposition in these areas.
Another presidential candidate, Patrick Amuriat, was arrested in the city of Jinja on Sunday, his Forum for Democratic Change party tweeted. Jinja, east of the capital, is one of the districts where the electoral board suspended the campaign.
Amuriat’s party tweeted photos of him campaigning on Sunday, the day after the campaign’s suspension was announced.
Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Amuriat’s arrest.
Reuters
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