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Fourth death reported in attacks in Uganda’s Mubende

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A new attack in Kyenda, in Uganda’s Mubende District, has brought the death toll to four, while five people remain in critical condition. Authorities have deployed security forces and investigators to find those responsible and restore calm, according to Nile Post and local sources.

A man identified as 30-year-old Sharif Lubwama was killed in a night-time attack in Kyenda, in Uganda’s Mubende District. His death brings the number of people killed in a series of attacks reported in the area to four, according to Nile Post.

The violence also left five people seriously injured. Security teams have been deployed to Buwekula South, including near Kirangwa village, about seven kilometres from Kyenda, to investigate the assaults, Nile Post reports.

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