Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been discharged from the hospital after being hit by a tear-gas canister in the leg during a confrontation with police.
The mayor of Kampala, Uganda’s capital, told the French news agency AFP on Wednesday that Wine underwent surgery to remove fragments of the canister.
“He has stabilised and is on the way out of hospital now,” Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said.
Earlier, Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) said on Tuesday that the 42-year-old, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, had been shot in the leg by police, calling it “another attempt on the life” of Wine.
Opponents and human rights activists have accused President Yoweri Museveni’s government of stifling the opposition, an accusation that Museveni denies.
Wine challenged Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for nearly 40 years, in the 2021 election and has been put under house arrest numerous times and had his party rallies dispersed with force.
George Musisi, Wine’s lawyer, told AFP that it “appears police targeted to harm him” in Tuesday’s incident.
He explained that Wine was injured when police fired a gas canister “indiscriminately” when he had gone for a meeting with supporters in Bulindo.
“A tear-gas canister was aimed at him and it exploded injuring him on the leg,” he said, adding that police had also arrested four party supporters.
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