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Wounded Ugandan opposition leader Wine to undergo surgery: lawyer

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. [AFP]

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine will undergo surgery, his lawyer said Wednesday, a day after suffering a leg wound during a chaotic incident in which his party reported initially he was shot.

The outspoken critic of President Yoweri Museveni was in the town of Bulindo, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the capital Kampala, when his National Unity Platform (NUP) party said the incident took place.

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