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Uganda police investigate beheading of Rwandan dissident

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Ugandan police are investigating the killing of Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan soldier critical of President Paul Kagame, whose beheaded body was found on 17 October in Luwala, Mpigi District. His head has not yet been found, according to police and his family.

Ugandan police have opened an investigation after the decapitated body of Robert Kabera, a 50-year-old former Rwandan soldier, was found on Saturday 17 October in Luwala village, Mpigi District, the Daily Monitor reports. His head had not been found at the time the case was reported.

Kabera, a former member of the Rwanda Defence Force, had criticised President Paul Kagame’s leadership. He is reported to have fled Rwanda for Uganda around 2020 after saying he feared for his life, according to the Daily Monitor.

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