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At least one person has been killed after Ugandan police fired live bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds protesting against the arrest of Kizza Besigye, the country’s opposition leader, a Reuters witness says.<\/p>\n

The victim in Friday’s riot\u00a0appeared to have been shot in the head and was lying in a pool of blood at a local market, the witness said.<\/p>\n

Local media reported two more people had been killed in the riot,\u00a0but the claims could not be independently verified.<\/p>\n

Smoke billowed over the capital Kampala after crowds burnt tyres to block roads.<\/p>\n

Protesters stoned shops and cars to express their anger at Besigye being beaten, pepper-sprayed and dragged away by police, all shown on TV footage.<\/p>\n

Besigye, who was runner-up to veteran President Yoweri Museveni in a disputed February election, was arrested on Thursday and later freed on bail for his role in leading the ongoing protests against soaring fuel and food prices.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0protests – dubbed “walk to work”<\/a><\/strong> in solidarity with Kampala residents who cannot afford public transport as a result of high fuel prices – have been joined by several opposition politicians, one of them still in detention.<\/p>\n

Besigye’s\u00a0arrest, the fouth in three weeks this month, followed a week\u00a0of detention\u00a0in a countryside prison where\u00a0he was held with three of his supporters and the head of the Democratic Party, Nobert Mao.<\/p>\n

The leader of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), who has previously been detained on trumped-up charges of rape and treason, said he was leading peaceful protests and that he and his supporters had the right to protest.<\/p>\n

“We shall continue protesting within the law [and] peacefully. None of us is armed,” he said on the back of a police\u00a0pick-up truck, his right hand\u00a0hit by a rubber bullet a week ago still\u00a0heavily\u00a0bandaged.<\/p>\n

Uganda’s opposition has termed the government’s decision to spend $720.6m on Russian fighter jets when people are starving\u00a0a misuse of meagre resources.<\/p>\n

“How can they tear gas and beat an important man like that when he is telling the truth that we are poor? They spend our money on fighter jets and tear gas when people have no food,” shouted an angry protestor who only gave his name as Stephen.<\/p>\n

A witness in Kampala told Al Jazeera by email\u00a0that chaos had engulfed the city.<\/p>\n

“Things are not good\u00a0 here. I can still hear occassional gun shots from where I am. The TV is saying about 90 injured persons with bullet wounds have been taken to Mulago hospital,” said Moses Odokonyero.<\/p>\n

Besigye’s supporters\u00a0carried posters praising him, and questioned why police needed to use violence to arrest him.<\/p>\n

A police spokeswoman, Judith Nabakooba, said that Besigye was arrested for not following police orders and for leading a chaotic demonstration<\/p>\n

The protest\u00a0held up\u00a0traffic and saw Besigye’s\u00a0supporters hurl stones at passing vehicles, she said.<\/p>\n

President Museveni, in power since 1986, blames drought for high food costs and soaring global oil prices for surging local fuel costs, and has warned Besigye that his protests will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n

Besigye lost\u00a0the February 18\u00a0presidential election for\u00a0 a third time and has vowed to continue campaigning despite repeated detentions during the protests that have killed at least\u00a0six people.<\/p>\n

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