Protestors in Uganda have found a unique way of dealing with anti-riot police. Two unidentified demonstrators approached a patrol pick-up and smashed two pot-fulls of bees at them. The insects went wild, stinging the officers as protesters gathered according to a report in the local Daily Monitor newspaper.
Police patrolling the street at about 11am, fled the scene as onlookers also scampered for safety. Scores of passengers were left stranded as a nearby bus park remained closed. Rukungiri District Police Commander Julius Selube described the bee attack as a dangerous tactic and promised action against the suspects.
Business has been paralysed amid a heavy security deployment in a crackdown on renewed walk-to-work protests. Rukungiri, the home district of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, remained tense as protests against the rising cost of living, amid perceptions of widespread State corruption, got off to measured start.
At least 13 people, some of them area leaders of opposition parties, were confirmed as having been arrested or confined to their homes by security forces in the region. In Ntungamo District, police fired in the air to disperse peaceful demonstrators.
The District Police Commander, Francis Kabera, said six people were arrested for allegedly disrupting business and inciting businesspersons to join them. Daily Monitor
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