NAIROBI, Kenya, April 10—
Ugandan security forces arrested about 1,000 civilians in Kampala
today, wounding some of them, witnesses in the Ugandan capital said. It
was the third mass detention in a month in what the authorities called a
drive against anti-Government guerrillas.
Ugandan sources reached by telephone from Nairobi reported shooting this morning in the suburb of Bwaise near Mulago Hospital. A few hours later, trucks carrying about 1,000 civilians, many of them bleeding and apparently beaten, were seen heading along the road to Entebbe, they said.
In mid-March, the Ugandan authorities detained thousands of civilians -most of them men between the ages of 15 and 35. The arrests followed a mortar attack on Feb. 23 against Kampala's Malire barracks. The Government reported 67 guerrillas and 5 soldiers were killed in the attack.
Last Wednesday, the security forces seized thousands of other civilians -again, mostly young men. Many of the detainees have been released, but relatives of hundreds of others say they have not heard from them since their arrest.
Ugandan sources reached by telephone from Nairobi reported shooting this morning in the suburb of Bwaise near Mulago Hospital. A few hours later, trucks carrying about 1,000 civilians, many of them bleeding and apparently beaten, were seen heading along the road to Entebbe, they said.
In mid-March, the Ugandan authorities detained thousands of civilians -most of them men between the ages of 15 and 35. The arrests followed a mortar attack on Feb. 23 against Kampala's Malire barracks. The Government reported 67 guerrillas and 5 soldiers were killed in the attack.
Last Wednesday, the security forces seized thousands of other civilians -again, mostly young men. Many of the detainees have been released, but relatives of hundreds of others say they have not heard from them since their arrest.
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