{"id":2258,"date":"2016-01-18T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T15:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2258-uganda-probes-1979-muslims-massacre\/"},"modified":"2016-01-18T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T15:56:27","slug":"uganda-probes-1979-muslims-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2258-uganda-probes-1979-muslims-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda probes 1979 Muslims massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">investigation has been launched into the killings of 67 Muslims in Uganda<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\">An investigation has been launched into the killings of 67 Muslims in Uganda following the fall of the dictator Idi Amin in 1979.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\">Announcing the probe, Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda said a team had been set up to &#8220;carry out a thorough verification exercise of all the claims by victims of the 1979 Muslim massacre and report back within three weeks.&#8221;<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\">The investigation will be led by the solicitor general.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\">In the chaos that followed Amin\u2019s fall in April 1979, gunmen attacked two villages in southwestern Uganda\u2019s Sheema district, killing 67 Muslims and dumping their bodies in the Rwizi River.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\">Nine mosques and dozens of houses belonging to Muslims were burnt down and Muslim&#8217;s crops destroyed. 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