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Former Rwandan soldier and refugee found beheaded in Uganda

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Robert Kabera, 50, a former Rwandan soldier and refugee in Uganda, was found beheaded in an eucalyptus plantation in Mpigi district. Police recovered a stick suspected of having been used in the attack and are investigating the circumstances of his death, according to Ugandan newspaper The Observer.

Robert Kabera, 50, a former instructor and soloist with the Rwandan army’s jazz orchestra, was found beheaded on 17 October in Uganda’s Mpigi district, reports The Observer. A refugee in the country after expressing fears for his safety, he was building a house in Luwala village.

According to his family, Kabera had arrived from Kampala the previous day at around 7pm with his regular boda boda driver, identified as Innocent. He then went to a bar in the Luwala shopping centre. His brother, Victor Agaba, provided these details to investigators, according to the newspaper.

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