Uganda man tells police a vision prompted him to destroy royal tombs, sparking riots, shooting
By APWednesday, March 31, 2010
Uganda man confesses to torching royal tombs
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan police spokesman says police have arrested a men who confessed to setting fire to the tombs of five traditional kings in Uganda’s capital earlier this month.
Henry Kaluluu says the man turned himself in Tuesday. He says the man blamed a vision that told him the tombs were Satanic.
The destruction of the Buganda kingdom tombs sparked riots in which security forces fatally shot three people. Buganda leader King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II declared five days of mourning.
The riots echoed September violence when security agents clashed with Buganda members, leaving more than 20 dead. The government had prevented a royal representative from traveling to a region near the capital on “security grounds.” Many saw it as an insult to the king.
