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| King's supporters riot in Uganda | King's supporters riot in Uganda |
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| At least two people have been killed in Uganda's capital, Kampala, in clashes between police and rioting supporters of a traditional king. | At least two people have been killed in Uganda's capital, Kampala, in clashes between police and rioting supporters of a traditional king. |
| Police fired tear gas at the protesters who hurled stones and burned tyres. One report said at least seven people died. | |
| The demonstrators protested against the government's attempts to stop the king of Buganda from visiting a region near Kampala where violence was feared. | The demonstrators protested against the government's attempts to stop the king of Buganda from visiting a region near Kampala where violence was feared. |
| The king has a big influence among the Baganda, Uganda's largest ethnic group. | The king has a big influence among the Baganda, Uganda's largest ethnic group. |
| At least two people were killed in Thursday's riots in central Kampala, police and witnesses said. | |
| But a photographer working for the Associated Press news agency said he had counted seven bodies, adding that all the victims appeared to be civilians. | |
| King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II - who is constitutionally barred from taking part in national politics - had wanted to visit a hostile part of his community to the north-east of Kampala. | |
| The issue is so sensitive that ethnic Baganda members of parliament walked out of the legislature on Wednesday. | The issue is so sensitive that ethnic Baganda members of parliament walked out of the legislature on Wednesday. |
| There has also been a long history of tension between the king and central government, particularly over land reform proposals that the Baganda say threaten their community, the BBC's Peter Greste reports. | There has also been a long history of tension between the king and central government, particularly over land reform proposals that the Baganda say threaten their community, the BBC's Peter Greste reports. |
| Buganda is one of four ancient kingdoms in Uganda. It was abolished in 1966 but then restored in the 1990s. | Buganda is one of four ancient kingdoms in Uganda. It was abolished in 1966 but then restored in the 1990s. |